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Qwest T1 service is available within Qwest's 14 state operating region, which includes the following states: WA, OR, ID, MT, WY, UT, AZ, NM, CO, ND, SD, NE, MN, and IA. Through resale and wholesale agreements with carriers outside of their region (MCI, Sprint, AT&T), Qwest can offer T1 service virtually anywhere in the United States where T1 infrastructure exists. Qwest offers a full range of T1 product offerings from the basic Qwest T1 line, to access, point-to-point, local service, long distance service, Frame Relay, ATM, and IP services. Qwest is considered one of the major providers of T1 service. Qwest is one of the " tier one " T1 providers in the US . Tier one carriers are considered the old regional Bell operating companies (or what's left after mergers and consolidations) and the inter-exchange carriers. For more information on Qwest's T1 services, go to Qwest.com. Building vs. Leasing? T1 carriers typically will have a combination of facilities-based services, where they actually own their network infrastructure, and lease-based facilities, where they lease wholesale sections of typically tier one network providers. Leasing among providers of T1s is a commonplace practice, and dates back to 1993 when MCI first challenged AT&T's long distance monopoly. As soon as a carrier like MCI established a small network, a few switches, and the ability to offer diversit y from the incumbent carrier, both customers and incumbent carriers bought service on the new carrier. Even today, it's cheaper for carriers to establish a "lease swap" arrangement to establish some diversity in each market, instead of building their own facilities, both in terms of bandwidth and switching capacity. Here are the websites to the other main providers of T1 services: |
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