| There are many ways for businesses to get | | | | OC3 connections are useful for businesses |
| connected. Growing businesses need | | | | that have spread to different cities or even |
| cost-effective Internet and telephone service | | | | globally. These connections allow a large |
| plans to survive in today's competitive | | | | amount of information to be shared at high |
| economical market. | | | | speed. Smaller businesses normally lease T1 |
| | | | or T3 lines which are adequate at serving |
| Luckily, there have been ongoing innovations | | | | 5-100 employees at one or more locations. An |
| in the telecommunications industry and | | | | OC3 connection makes it possible for larger |
| businesses have their choice of connections | | | | businesses to expand their digital network |
| for office phone and Internet lines. | | | | beyond a set geographic area. |
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| There are many confusing terms for the | | | | OC3 Connection versus Other Connection |
| different types of connection lines. The | | | | |
| acronyms OC3, OC12, OC48, OC192, T1, and T3, | | | | OC3 connections have a feature called point |
| are much more "techy" than the true names for | | | | to point access. This means that there are |
| connection lines: digital cable or fiber | | | | multiple wireless access points that can |
| optic lines. | | | | exchange data. Up to 255 people can send |
| | | | audio, video, voice, and multimedia files |
| This article will focus on the OC3 | | | | from access point to access point. |
| connection. OC3 means Optical Carrier-3. OC3 | | | | |
| is a 155 mbps fiber optic line used for large | | | | This is a viable solution for businesses that |
| businesses. Mpbs stands for megabits per | | | | have found their T1 and T3 connections |
| second and is a measure of bandwidth, or the | | | | clogged with data which slows down or even |
| total amount of data that can flow through | | | | crashes databases. T1 and T3 connections have |
| within the OC3 connection specified amount of | | | | been around since the 1960s and were used |
| time. | | | | originally to transmit date by basic |
| | | | telephone. |