Bonded T1 Definitions
Bonded T1
A bonded T1 (also called DS1) is two or more
T1s that have been joined (bonded) together to increase bandwidth.
A full T1 provides approximately 1.5Mbps or 24 individual channels
each of which supports 64Kbit per second, where two bonded T1s provide
3Mbps or 46 channels. Two bonded T1s allow you to use the full bandwidth
of 3Mbps where two individual T1s can still only use a maximum of 1.5Mbps
at one time. To be bonded the T1 must run into the same router at the
end, meaning they must run to the same ISP. Bonded T1s can use MPPP.
MPPP is short for MultiLink PPP, an extension of the PPP that allows
the B-channels of ISDN lines to be used in combination as a single
transmission line, doubling throughput. |
