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Dedicated Lines
Description
Dedicated lines are reserved bandwidth IP lines which run from point to point. Lexatel installs such dedicated lines at any point in metropolitan area of Barcelona within 24 hours. (For territories outside of Barcelona, installation times may vary, since infrastructure is owned by other operators). Our dedicated lines:
- may deliver above 100 Mbps in bandwidth
- have symmetric throughput
- deomnstrate consistenly low packet round-trip times
Benefits
Key differences between a connection via dedicated data line and via public internet:
| Dedicated Line | Public Internet | |
| Bandwidth | Data traffic will have all available bandwidth to itself, even if only part of the line capacity is occupied. Bandwidth between two points will be guaranteed. | Data traffic will still reach its destination, but along the way will share public network infrastructure with a other users and at peak moments bandwidth may suffer because it is not guaranteed. |
| Delay | Data traffic will get from point A to point B more reliably and always with the same number of hops (therefore packet delay will be consistently stable). | Along the way trafic may pass through an uncontrolled number of hops which introduces delay. To make things worse, different packets may travel via different routes (depending on which is the least cost route at the moment of sending) and will arrive at different time, depending on the number of hops, i.e. there is delay, and it varies within broad range. |
| Privacy | Dedicated data lines enjoy more privacy - especially if infrastructure is also dedicated, which is very often the case. | With modern encryption algorithms, data is well protected, but the fact remains that data passing over public internet can be intercepted at different points by different people. |
Normally, dedicated lines are the preferred option when there is a need for reliability and stability for business applications.
Ideal For
- Businesses with a need for a direct connection between two own offices (for voice, for sharing network resources, etc.)
- Connection with a remote site (warehouse, shop, etc. for inventory tracking).
- Voice applications between offices (voice needs stable lines)
- Client-server applications where client and server are physically separated. Large amounts of data are passed back and forth in real-time.
- Backup applications where large amounts of data must be sent securely to backup server
- Video surveilance feeds from security cameras at remote locations.