Getting Connected - The OC3 Connection

There are many ways for businesses to getspread to different cities or even globally. These
connected. Growing businesses need cost-effectiveconnections allow a large amount of information to
Internet and telephone service plans to survive inbe shared at high speed. Smaller businesses normally
today's competitive economical market.lease T1 or T3 lines which are adequate at serving
Luckily, there have been ongoing innovations in the5-100 employees at one or more locations. An OC3
telecommunications industry and businesses haveconnection makes it possible for larger businesses to
their choice of connections for office phone andexpand their digital network beyond a set geographic
Internet lines.area.
There are many confusing terms for the differentOC3 Connection versus Other Connection
types of connection lines. The acronyms OC3, OC12,OC3 connections have a feature called point to point
OC48, OC192, T1, and T3, are much more "techy"access. This means that there are multiple wireless
than the true names for connection lines: digital cableaccess points that can exchange data. Up to 255
or fiber optic lines.people can send audio, video, voice, and multimedia
This article will focus on the OC3 connection. OC3files from access point to access point.
means Optical Carrier-3. OC3 is a 155 mbps fiber opticThis is a viable solution for businesses that have
line used for large businesses. Mpbs stands forfound their T1 and T3 connections clogged with data
megabits per second and is a measure of bandwidth,which slows down or even crashes databases. T1
or the total amount of data that can flow throughand T3 connections have been around since the
within the OC3 connection specified amount of time.1960s and were used originally to transmit date by
OC3 connections are useful for businesses that havebasic telephone.