Advantages of Internet Leased Lines over Broadband for Internet Connectivity
While there are multiple ways of accessing the Internet, broadband seems to be the most popular among them for Internet access in homes and SOHO segments. But, Internet Leased Lines are preferred over broadband connections for providing internet connectivity to larger organizations like colleges, corporate offices, hospitals, etc. Let’s find out why!
An Internet Leased Line is usually a dedicated line which offers direct connectivity to the Internet. This is done by connecting the nearest service provider nodal point and the customer premises with a dedicated copper line, optical fiber cable, radio links or any combination of the above.
While there are business broadband options available at pretty good price points, Internet Leased Lines are still preferred with a lot of customers for the following reasons:
- Internet Leased Lines offer same speed for both uploads and downloads (symmetric connectivity), while in broadband (through DSL technology) the speeds are always optimized for downloads and the upload speeds are much lesser. Symmetric connectivity is critical for applications like file sharing between two branches, hosting websites/ mail servers etc, video conferencing/ surveillance, voice over IP etc. all of which are used by medium and large businesses regularly.
- Generally, broadband connectivity is shared with multiple users in a locality. Broadband plans generally denote the best bandwidth that can be attained and not the assured bandwidth levels. But a 2 Mbps Internet Leased Line should give 2 Mbps of performance as it is a dedicated connection without any sharing.
- The backbone network and performance parameters (like latency, jitter etc) can be monitored in the case of Internet Leased Lines. So, it is easier to offer SLA (Service Level Agreements) to the customer and Internet Leased Lines generally come with an SLA. There are very few broadband plans that offer such performance guarantee. So, Internet Leased Lines are more reliable.
- There is a wider choice of bandwidth selection (64 Kbps, 128 Kbps,… 2 Mbps,… 155 Mbps etc) with Internet Leased Lines. With broadband, the selection is more restricted.
- Higher bandwidth (Greater than 8 Mbps) is possible only through Internet Leased Lines. That’s why it is the default choice for large organizations with hundreds of internet users.
- Internet Leased lines are provided through multiple media – Copper, Fiber, Radio links or a combination of the above. Optical media communication is more reliable and offers better fault tolerance/ performance/ monitoring abilities, especially for higher bandwidths.
- Internet Leased Lines come with unlimited usage plans which enables companies to add services like video, voice etc over IP in addition to the internet/ data connectivity. Most of the broadband plans offer usage based billing (based on the bandwidth consumed). Of course, there are unlimited usage plans with broadband as well.
- Internet Leased Lines offer a pool of permanent IP addresses which enables organizations to run their own mail servers, web servers and other applications.
- Internet Leased Lines offer better QoS (Quality of Service) when compared to broadband. So, it is more effective to run convergent services like voice, video etc. over Internet Leased Lines.
- Internet Leased Lines can be leveraged to form a Virtual Private Network across multiple branches more effectively than broadband connections.
Of course, broadband connectivity has its own advantages like lesser cost, wider reach, mobile internet access etc. But the dedicated high performance Internet Leased Lines (cost of which is coming down every year) is the preferred choice for larger networks with a considerable internet user base.
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Please advice for an ERP based online software, which type of connectivity(Broadband or Leased Line)should I choose, as per software provider, they advice us that the speed(upload and download) should be constant, will not be fluctuate.
In this software,our all dept. is going to be join.Sales, service, Customer Care and others.
If possible also specify the bandwith, as per there instruction they advice for 2MBPS speed.
This software will also join our all branches and the premises are under CCTV also. Presently, we are using 1.5 MBPS of BB, where I found that the speed is not constant.
regards
Tridib
Kolkata, India
Prefer Internet Leased Line for a single location if it’s multi location then prefer MPLS VPN network
Internet Leased Lines offer same speed for both uploads and downloads (symmetric connectivity), while in broadband (through DSL technology) the speeds are always optimized for downloads and the upload speeds are much lesser. Symmetric connectivity is critical for applications like file sharing between two branches, hosting websites/ mail servers etc, video conferencing/ surveillance, voice over IP etc.
Nice article.
Can U pls tell me the difference between leased line and a static IP connection. As I alreaady using broadband 2 MBps speed. When I asked my My ISP for leased line connection he said yes & he will provide me Static IP connection, but the download thruput will be 1/8 as it is in case of my Broadbannd download, but he said I will get both upload & download speed same, which is not the case now in my Broadband connection. Is it same as leased line ?? My ISP is using Radio links for my broadband connection.
All U help in this matter is highly appreciated.
Thanks.
If i have Bsnl 2Mbps leased line, can i get 2MB download speed per second. Or this one also mention in Bits?
Good one to make a non-technical users to explain in easier way !
Does lease line can give full download and upload speed on all laptops and computers in my network ?
The upload/download speeds will be better than broadband, especially upload. You will receive something near the full speed if you connect just one computer to the leased line. But since you are sharing it with multiple systems, the bandwidth available to each will be lesser. The more systems you connect, the lesser the available bandwidth.
Thank u