| ere are many benefits of leased lines and below will | | | | 2mb/s and more than 34mb/s. High bandwidth often |
| explain and help make you understand these reasons. | | | | boasts of Ethernet from 10mbps to well over 1gbps. |
| A leased line is a type of telecommunications line | | | | The latency is reduced with high levels of service |
| connecting two locations. It is also known as a | | | | that remain constant and predictable. Ad all this up to |
| dedicated line, a data line, or a private line. Unlike | | | | the fixed rate charges for usage for easy budgeting |
| traditional telephony communication lines, it does not | | | | and you have a fantastic service. |
| have a phone number connection, and therefore is | | | | The leased line allows you to connect separate office |
| always on 24/7 and available for each side to be | | | | locations so that your offices and other buildings can |
| connected together permanently. Leased lines | | | | share data and connections. The higher speeds allow |
| traditionally are used to transport data such as | | | | your teams to be productive thus being more |
| telephone, data, or internet services. | | | | effective. With your business locations |
| Although leased lines are gradually being replaced by | | | | interconnectivity you can even have peer to peer |
| DSL and Ethernet, they do still have some unique | | | | VoIP calling services and even share data and |
| properties that make them ideal for certain types of | | | | services within your servers. All for one price! |
| communications which are not suited for other types | | | | These lines are an ideal solution for businesses that |
| of connections since leased lines can transport certain | | | | need uninterrupted communications 24 hrs a day. |
| types of data faster than DSL or metro-net. So how | | | | Leased lines can provide any company who either |
| can leased lines work for you? And what types of | | | | wishes to use a dedicated hosting service, or just |
| communications transport are they good for? | | | | needs a direct and reliable means of communication |
| Installation and Setup | | | | the support they need coupled with the support for |
| Connecting a permanent leased line requires | | | | such services as video, broadcasting, linking |
| installation of a fixed line to your building. This 24 hour | | | | mainframes, intranet applications, and bulk data |
| service requires an annual rental fee and no | | | | comms solutions. |
| connection or on-line charges to use the service. A | | | | Two levels of services are often offered. |
| dedicated line provides a back bone structure so that | | | | These being Standard and Fully Protected. |
| you can be assured that it can handle the fast and | | | | The Standard service should provide you 99.95% |
| direct connection straight to the internet or your | | | | availability so if any problems should occur you can be |
| managed host server. Installation also requires that a | | | | guaranteed alternative routing so that the services |
| router or hub be installed in your building. A router or | | | | are not interrupted. |
| hub provides the gateway onto the internet line. A | | | | With the Fully Protected service you get close to |
| router should be provided with all leased lines. | | | | 100% availability, with complete protection on every |
| A good Company will guarantee a desiccated | | | | element of your network. |
| bandwidth with leased line speeds of no less than | | | | |