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sirvodka
Well they should.

Do you have a cold?
thecoolh
err

:P

i was using 'em gestures to reflect sadness... :P nobody talks to us hosts unless somethings wrong... we're people too ya know (wierd, socially displaced people... but people never-the-less)...

*goes and stands in the corner*

lol....
Perpetual
and when someone finally says something good about a host, they tend to get knocked around and suspected of being connected in someway to the host provider in question.
Perpetual
I didn't seem to see an answer to the actual question asked so here goes:

OC-3:
Optical Carrier links (OC-3) transmits data at 155Mbps. T3 (45mb) T1 (1.54mb)

DS-3:
Digital (transmission) System 3, or Digital Signal level 3; refers to the 44 Mbps digital signal carried on a T3 circuit. For yet a bit more money, you can lease a 45 Mbps line Data Service 3 line variously referred to as "DS-3" or "T-3".

T3:
A dedicated phone connection supporting data transfer rates of 44mbps. A T3 line consist of 672 individual channels, each of which supports 64 kbps. It is a Digital communications circuit standard created by AT&T that operates at 44 Mbps

T1:
Communications circuit provided by long-distance carriers for voice and data transmission (1.544 Mbps in U.S. or 2.054 Mbps in Europe); may be divided in 24 separate 64 Kb channels; E-1 in Europe.

Credits goes for the useforesite.com where I obtained this info.
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