What Are the Benefits of a Leased Line?
Many businesses have found that a leased line is quite beneficial to any operations that they have going. But what is a leased line? You have no doubt heard the term before, but there is a chance you are not entirely sure exactly what it means or indeed what it is all about. That is perfectly understandable, so let’s talk a bit about the concept. The leased line is a permanent fiber optic cable that is set up between two points. It is a T1, T2, or T3 line, and it is managed by a telephone company. One oddity surrounding these lines is that even though they are set up by a telecommunications company, they are not useable as telephone lines. They can however be used for other purposes, and they are very, very beneficial for companies. Because they do not undergo the complicated process of ‘switching’, they can remain connected 24/7 for use between one or more businesses. Let’s take a bank for example. Banks need to send money between one another so that account information is always curr
