T1 recommendation - Sprint vs AT&T

Speaking from a strictly technical stand, T-1s are pretty much a commodity so the deciding factors should touch on reliability, customer service and price. See if you can get better prices by aggregating the T with voice. You may get a better deal than if you buy voice and the T separately. The things phone companies love about HI-CAPs and data circuits is you put them in, nail them up, forget about them and let the money roll in.

When you do have a problem, be certain you have the circuit IDs handy, it is the only way the phone company can locate the circuits quickly.

I've had situations where I've I've had good experiences with both, and I've had situations where I had absolutely deplorable situations

Everything else (delivery times, prices, equipment) being equal it really is a crap shoot.

And keep in mind that most the time either one of them is subject to the whims of your local telco who is maintaining the copper to your building.

Take care, Rich

God bless the USA

Coop,

My experience has been that I've only had 6 outages from Sprint in a 1 year period. I worked for a conferencing company where I managed 280 T-1 and 800 LEC circuits. I have worked with every IXC carrier in North America. AT&T is pretty reliable, but if you ever need service its a nightmare to work with their tech support. On the other hand, Sprint's tech support is pretty good as long as you keep your explanation simple. I would recommend Sprint over AT&T.

Just my opinion. John