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Dedicated Connections A dedicated connection is a full time digital data line that connects your office and network to our network. This means you have a full time Internet link, at network speeds. It's a great way to put a large number of people on the Internet at a moderate cost, and it also makes it possible for you to run web servers, mail servers and other Internet services from your location. T1, Fractional T1 and Frame Relay Connections Fractional T1 data lines are suitable for a small office. A T1 line can transmit data at 1.5 million bits per second. A fractional T1 line (Fractional Frame Relay Line) can be set to slower speeds in units of 64,000 bits (64, 128k, etc.) T1 connections give your site a FAST connection to the Internet. This type of connection is suitable for serving World Wide Web Pages; or for connecting a large office or Internet Service Provider. The cost of a full T1 is not a lot more than the cost of a fractional T1, and you get more for your money. Frame Relay is a method of delivering T1 and Fractional T1 services. If you don't plan on using your line very much, a Fractional T1 can save you money on your Telephone Company Data Line Bill. However, if you use it a great deal, a straight dedicated line will give better performance. Frame Relay means the data is sent as switched packets through shared telephone company circuits. There is some overhead for this, and that is why it is not as efficient. The choice of Frame Relay or No Frame Relay is up to you; we support both. Note that Telephone Company pricing for Frame Relay Lines is misleading because you need to pay for two ends of the connection and they usually only quote the price for one end. What do You Need to Set Up a Dedicated Line? In order to set a full or partial T1 connection up you need one Ascend Pipeline 130 router for either end of the connection, a digital data line from your local telephone company, and you need to sign up for an Internet Feed from Laykin.Com. As an alternative you can use a Cisco 2501 router and Adtrans CSU-DSU for each end of the connection, as a replacement for the Pipeline 130. This allows more complicated configuration but this raises the total equipment cost to around $7,000. Ascend, Cisco and Adtrans all make excellent quality, very reliable equipment. Dedicated Line Costs Costing for a dedicated line is produced client by client. Among the charges are below are the Laykin.Com charge, Telephone company charge, and equipment cost. You must add up all of these costs to get the total cost. For example, the T1 cost is roughly $3,400 to get started (equipment cost) and $1,100 per month, all costs included. The telephone company cost is approximate and depends on your location. Notes: Please note that partial T1 lines are installed as "Frame Relay" lines. This means the line switches on and off depending on whether you are using it or not. Telephone companies routinely quote one end of the connection, but if you install this kind of service, you must cover the charge for both ends of the connection. When getting pricing make sure that your telephone company representative is clear on this. T1 lines are charged by mileage. Customers should request FCC Tarriff to get the best available rate schedule. Options for T1 line are B8ZS and ESF with 24 channels full on T1 connection. Some sample monthly charges for connections to our office: Santa Monica $570, Westwood $600, Hollywood (Pac Bell) $800, Valley Village $850, Thousand Oaks $950. These prices are estimates only, accurate pricing information *must* be provided by your telephone company or a national T1 provider such as MFS. Please note that the equipment varies for the full T1 line. You need to have equipment that will provide full T1 bandwidth and routing and also one end must be able to provide "clocking" for the line. The Ascend P130 can be used for one end of the line but you need the Adtrans CSU/DSU in order to provide clocking at the other end. Larger networks should consider using Cisco equipment at both ends of their T1 connection. Again, please note the Laykin Internet requires the customer to provide equipment for both ends of the connection and the data line must go all the way from the customer to Laykin office in Santa Monica; you can not simply order one router and one end of a frame relay and connect to us. This allows us to provide the lowest cost possible for our high speed data lines.

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