Telecom Blog

Posts Tagged ‘oc3’

Many companies today are utilizing OC3 – OC48 – OC192 services to put them ahead and to maintain a competitive edge in their market places. Learn about this SONET bandwidth and what it can do for your growing business today.

In today’s ever growing competitive markets your business needs whatever advantages it can get to maintain a healthy profit margin. With budgets tightening it can be easy to pay more attention to marketing and development overlooking the I.T. sector in the effort to boost profits. By ignoring the communications department though you can be making a big mistake. Before we continue this discussion let us take a closer look at what OC3 is first.

OC3/OC-3 is one of the many backbone bandwidths of the SONET family. SONET stands for Synchronous Optical NETwork and offers many flavors of optical carrier bandwidths including OC12, OC48, OC192, and OC768 to name a few. OC levels are for the most part a T1 line on steroids allowing for larger data and voice traffic payloads for businesses in growth or in current demand for larger communication needs. One OC3 circuit alone is equivalent to 84 T1 lines or 3 T3 lines and runs at the speed of 155 Mbps.

Get OC3 Business Quotes here.

Other OC-x Speeds:

OC9        466 Mbps = 252 T1′s

OC12       622 Mbps = 336 T1′s

OC18       933 Mbps = 504 T1′s

OC24      1.2 Gbps  = 672 T1′s

OC36      1.8 Gbps  = 1,008 T1′s

OC48      2.4 Gbps  = 1,344 T1′s

OC96      4.9 Gbps  = 2,688 T1′s

OC192     9.9 Gbps  = 5,376 T1′s

OC768    39.8 Gbps  = 21,504 T1′s

Common uses  in large enterprises include hosting servers, WANs, ISP, VoIP, SIP Trunking, PBX voice, and other applications. As a matter of fact, when it comes to voice use for call centers, an OC3 is capable of handling the transmission of over 2,000 lines of voice traffic simultaneously. These larger capacities can be accredited to the capacity associated with fiber optics.

One feature that makes this bandwidth type a popular choice for large businesses is the redundancy (reliability) normally associated with the SONET architecture. Reliability is obviously necessary for productive continuity in the workplace for any successful business so this is a main selling point. This can help keep money allocated in other areas as there is usually less expense for technician for downtime analysis and repairs as well as lost revenue to paid employees for man hours during such outages.

Your company saves more per Mb in larger quantities of bandwidth making a partial port, full port, or burstable OC3 driving your business Internet and voice communications more economical in a belt squeezing economy. This is yet another attractive selling point for many corporations in America in these trying times.

Get OC3 Business Quotes here.

The future of  applications associated with many bandwidth technologies will require extensive liquidation of hardware and the purchase of new technologies which can drain any hardened bottom line. The beauty of the SONET standard is it’s seamless integration with newer technologies as they present themselves saving your enterprise the hassle of implementing new hardware as well as the purchase of it.

Ultimately, when you are able to combine added productivity and functionality to your everyday operations with cost considerations in place, your business can then allocate funds into other areas that can keep your business growing to the capacity of your market increasing profitability.

There are other features and options for OC3 that may or may not be right for your business so consulting with your I.T. staff as well as a good broker specialist can help you find both the right bandwidth and a cost effective solution suitable for your growing network needs.

Get OC3 Business Quotes here.

Hello again my fellow readers. As of now, I am sharing a very special promotional pricing on a major OC3 carrier. You know their name, but I am not going to share that with you. I will share with you the price however.

I am authorized to offer this provider’s FULL PORT 155.52 Mbps OC3 at a super low leasing rate. Do not mistake this for some hyped sale pitch for some low level carrier spiff. This is the real deal, a super provider in the industry. Okay, so without further delay … the price.

FULL PORT OC3 155.52 Mbps $4,030 a Month

Will you find this pricing elsewhere for the same BIG provider? You might, but not many agents are willing to sacrifice the price, there is too little money involved. I am after my share of the market however, so this drive to reach the top in the broker competition is your best advantage.

When you learn who the provider is, you will be wanting to close in a three year contract on the spot to hold this OC3 price. One important thing, this does not cover equipment costs or installation and that will be an obvious varied result.

To get a full quote  on OC3 bandwidth connectivity visit our OC3 quote page now at http://topsavings.net/oc3.html

Optical Carrier – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

There was a time when shopping for a T3 line involved picking up a phone book and searching the local pages for a provider in your area. Yes, you would find a provider for your T3 connection, but another issue at hand would be price. Providers were slimmer in numbers, and you more than likely had to pay premium dollar for your Internet and voice communications. While it was a necessity, it was expensive.

 Internet technology eventually caught up with the industry some years ago and not only did more providers than you could count on your fingers and toes pop out of the wood work, but so did the brokers. Naturally the brokerages started to pop up too to save T3 shoppers the hassle of consulting with each T3 provider one by one,and of course, to cash in on some commissions.

It was in this time of need that real-time quotes became a new industry standard. Everywhere you look online now, there are offers for instant quotes from tons of providers and brokers, made to save you time, but are they good for saving money?

The answer is both yes and no. Yes, you can save time by scanning providers available in your area instantly, and yes, you can scan the best T3 rates from the providers listed in the quote. The rates are usually right on target with your region, rarely off, and you may find a good enough price that fits your budget, but will you find the most reliable provider?

You may, but you are risking more money than you bargained for if you choose an unreliable provider from which to lease your bandwidth from. Countless hours of wasted man hours and business productivity due to downtime can easily outweigh a low monthly rate on a T3 connection. This decision to go with a lesser quality provider is usually done hastily when confronted with a good price. The same as in a shopping market with last minute deals, businesses can fall victim to bad purchase decisions.

Ask yourself, what would downtime do to your business? Would you loose sales? Would an entire customer service call center be shut down? Would a major potential partner revert from their decision? Would you be paying employees for services not rendered? Your up-time can very well be your reputation just as much as your productivity, don’t be quick to forget that.

The same problems that could plague you with a bad T3 purchase can affect you all the same with any other bandwidth leases including T1, OC1, OC3, OC12, OC48, OC96,  OC192, and up. On a larger bandwidth scale, obviously, the repercussions are more severe.

Make sure when observing the best prices on T3, that you discuss in depth the reality of the provider’s track record for performance with the broker providing the quote. If your broker tries to sell you entirely only on one provider, be aware that they may be in amidst a spiff period where they are compensated more than usual for offering one provider over the others. When this happens, you may not be getting the best advice, however, this is not to say that a bandwidth provider offering a spiff isn’t a high value provider, but all the same, you may end up paying more for a T3 connection during a spiff if the wrong provider is providing a spiff to agents.

So how do you find the right provider and the right price for your communications budget? Well right off the bat, you need to find a good broker first. No need to revert to the old days,  brokers get you lower rates, more so than if you went directly to the provider and a good broker is knowledgeable of the industry standards as well as the high performers.

You need a broker that can consult you through your technical needs just as much as your financial needs. There are a lot of brokers to choose from, so be vigilant and wise when picking a broker you want to do business with.

Another thing, because you consulted with a broker doesn’t mean you are obligated to purchase services through them. Unless you have signed some binding contract (unheard of) you are free to make your own decisions, including consulting with other brokerage firms. Actually, it’s highly advisable you do just that. By having more than one broker consult with you, you are able to gather information from other parties to better help you see which provider is probably the best for reliability and service.

There is one kind of bandwidth broker that has the best pricing advantage for any company seeking bandwidth at a more reasonable rate. This kind of broker acts as both wholesaler and broker. This  T3 broker has already purchased the bandwidth that they are selling and this means they are able to negotiate in-house lower rates for you without having to bargain with the actual provider, giving you bigger savings. You are able to still get a choice of which bandwidth provider network you work with so you aren’t as much at risk going with an unreliable provider.

Just so happens (wink wink), we have this type of broker as our source for your business bandwidth needs, so feel free to grab a quote by going to our T3 quote page. As mentioned above, go to other brokers as well, I am confident you will be using our provided broker once you see what’s around.

Why have I not mentioned our T3 broker’s name? Quite frankly, we need the business and prefer you find out after we have procured you as a lead. Only fair we get compensated don’t you think?

So with that said, good luck to all of you and look forward to doing business with you.