What is a leased line?
A leased line is a high-performance and permanently available Internet connection carrying voice, data and Internet traffic. Leased line is rented from telecommunications providers. Leased line delivers dedicated, guaranteed bandwidth and are supported by comprehensive Service-Level Agreements (SLA). They are also referred to as a private line, E1, T1, E3, T3, Dedicated Access or Point to point.
A leased line is for businesses that:
- need high quality 24/7 access to the internet with an SLA
- need to run mission critical applications
- have remote workers accessing office based applications, therefore needs fast upstream speeds
- need to view real time bandwidth monitoring statistics
What are the benefits and disadvantages of a leased line?
Secure and private - leased line is dedicated exclusively to the customer (Relatively expensive to install and rent)
Speed – symmetrical, uncontended and direct (Not suitable for single or home workers)
Reliable – private circuit local loops are a premium product supported by fast time to fix guarantees (Lead times for a leased line can be as long as 65 working days)
Resilience – redundancy and separacy can be incorporated to reduce outages (Cost of a leased line is often dependent on your distance to the nearest POP of service provider)
Wide choice of speeds – bandwidth on demand, easily upgradeable
Dependable - leased line is suitable for in-house office web hosting
Readily available SLAs
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