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Your websites are currently being hosted on an OC-192 sonata network.

Kilo means one thousand
Meg means one million
Gig means one billion

KBPS means Kilobytes per second.
MBPS means Megabytes per second
GBPS means Gigabytes per second


Service	Speed	Price


ASDL	1.5 to 8.2 Mbps downstream.64-1 Mbps upstream. Description: Technology designed to carry data and voice transmissions over the existing public switched telephone network. Form of RADSL. Mainly used for commercial and residential hookups. Pros: Provides high-speed access at a relatively low-cost. Cons: Not yet widely available. Relatively long installation times. Not the best option for heavy Internet usage.	Consumer class starts approx $40-$80/month.Business class starts at $120/month.




SDSL	1.544/2.048 Mbps upstream and downstream. Description: Essentially a rate adaptive form of HDSL. Popular with businesses due to its symmetrical data transmission capabilities. Pros: Provides high- speed access at a relatively low-cost. Popular business alternative. Not yet widely available. Cons: Popular business alternative. Not yet widely available. Relatively long installation times.	Starts at around $300 for the full 1.5 Mbps




Frame Relay	56 Kbps-1.544 Mbps Description: A high-speed packet switching protocol used in wide area networks (WANs). Used as company backbone to ISP and ISP to internet infrastructure. Pros: Available at various speeds. Additional bandwidth is usually available at critical times. Cons: Less reliable then dedicated leased line access. Set-up is typically more expensive than xDSL.	Starting at approx. $500/month depending on bandwidth required.




Fractional T-1	128 Kbps to 1.544 Mbps Description: Basic T-1 with some of the 24 64 Kbps channels turned off. Company backbone to ISP.ISP to internet infrastructure. Pros: Provides reliable, guaranteed bandwidth. Cons: Setup costs and monthly fees can be fairly expensive.	Starting at approx. $300/month. Depends on bandwidth required.




T-1	1.544 Mbps Description: A point-to-point dedicated, digital circuit supporting data rates of 1.544 Mbps. Company backbone to ISP and ISP to internet infrastructure. Pros: Provides reliable, guaranteed bandwidth. Cons: Setup costs and monthly fees can be fairly expensive.	Approx. $1,000/month, + approx. $300/month local loop, + approx. $1,000+ in set up costs.




E-1 (Europe)	2.048 Mbps Description: 32 Channel European equivalent of the T-1. Used as a company backbone to ISP and ISP to internet infrastructure. Pros: Provides reliable, guaranteed bandwidth. Cons: Setup costs and monthly fees can be fairly expensive.	Approx. $2,000/month and up.




Fractional T-3	3 Mbps to 44.736 Mbps Description: Basic T-3 with some of the 672 64 Kbps channels turned off. Used as connection from ISP to internet infrastructure. Smaller links within internet infrastructure. Pros: Provides reliable, guaranteed bandwidth. Cons: Setup costs and monthly fees can be fairly expensive.	Starting at approx. $3,000/month for 3 Mbps.




T-3	44.736 Mbps Description: A dedicated connection supporting data rates of about 45 Mbps. ISP to internet infrastructure. Smaller links within internet infrastructure. Pros: Provides reliable, guaranteed bandwidth. Cons: Setup costs and monthly fees can be fairly expensive.	Upwards of $20,000/month + approx. $2,500/month local loop + set up.




E-3 (Europe)	34.368 Mbps Description: European equivalent of T-3. Carries 16 E-1 signals. ISP to internet infrastructure. Smaller links within internet infrastructure. Pros: Provides reliable, guaranteed bandwidth. Cons: Setup costs and monthly fees can be fairly expensive.	Upwards of $20,000/month for full capacity, plus several thousands of dollars for set up.




OC-3	155.52 Mbps Description: Optical fiber carrier with a capacity of 155.52 Mbps. Large company backbone. Internet backbone. Pros: Extremely high speed. Cons: Extremely high cost.	Upwards of $50,000/month + approx. $10,000/month local loop + several thousand dollars set up.




OC-12	622.08 Mbps Description: Optical fiber with a capacity of 622.08 Mbps. Internet backbone. Pros: Extremely high speed. Cons: Extremely high cost.	Starts at approx. several hundred thousands/month plus several thousands of dollars in set up costs.




OC-48	2.488 Gbps Description: Optical fiber with a capacity of 2.488 Gbps. Internet backbone. Pros: Extremely high speed. Cons: Extremely high cost.	Starts at approx. several hundred thousands of dollars/month plus several thousands of dollars in set up costs.




OC-192	10 Gbps Description: Optical fiber with a capacity of 10 Gbps. Internet backbone.. Pros: Extremely high speed. Cons: Extremely high cost.