Technology Comparison: Fibre Broadband and Fibre Leased Line Analysis

This case study examines and compares two internet connection technologies: fibre broadband and fibre leased lines. It begins with an executive summary and then discusses the operational technologies of both systems, including network diagrams. An analysis section follows, comparing costs, locat...Read More

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Executive summary
The study will discuss about the two types of technology used for the internet connection.
The internet connection is provided through various forms and technology processes,
however the study will discuss about the leased line and broadband connection. The impact
of these two connection, their usage, scope for connection provision, their availability,
costing, scope for use in business. The study will show a comparison of these two
technologies and how they are used by the organization and users. The technology has their
own set of advantages and disadvantages that has been mentioned in the study. The study will
start with a discussion on the operational technologies of the two systems, then it will show a
brief analysis of the technologies, the analysis will be followed by a discussion and
comparison between the two technologies. It will also show a justification and selection the
desired technology for business purpose and how and why the selection will be done will be
mentioned in the study. The study will end with a conclusion and recommendation for both
the technologies that might help them to improve in the future.

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Table of Contents
Introduction:...............................................................................................................................3
Operation of the technology.......................................................................................................3
Analysis:.....................................................................................................................................6
Discussion:.................................................................................................................................8
Conclusion and Recommendation:..........................................................................................11
References:...............................................................................................................................12
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Introduction:
The study will discuss about the use of fibre broadband and fibre leased line connection, there
usage and a comparison between these two connectivity. The study will highlight the
operating system, technology used, analyse the entire system and also give recommendation
accordingly. The use of technology has become an important in the daily human life. The
technology that is connecting people are one of the most important source of technology. The
connections that are used by the human being to get connected to each other are broadband,
fibre leased line and many more (Cheng et al 2015). However the study will only discuss
about the fibre broadband and fibre leased line technology and compare them with respect to
their performance and connectivity criteria.
The fibre broadband and fibre leased line both provide internet access to the users at a fixed
subscription cost. The user has to pay a certain amount to access the network and use the
internet. The fibre leased lineis one of the dedicated connection between the premise and
local exchange. A technology that uses glass to transmit data called fibre optic technology.
The fibre optic cable consists of a bundle of glass threads among which each is capable of
transmitting messages into light waves. They have greater bandwidth than metal cables.
Operation of the technology:
The term fibre broadband defines the network that is optical fibre and carry a communication
sign from a particular operator to home. The technology has been found to be more robust
and trustworthy than any other technology.

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Fibre broadband connection: it is a high capacity network that forms the basis of the
gigabit society. It is a large range of technology which has different technical capacities that
are capable of providing a high speed connection. They target for connecting homes, business
and the endpoints in the society. The present fibre technology tends to provide a two way
communication that includes uploading and downloading the data. They have very less scope
for video calls or high internet speed tasks.
As the technology can provide a two way transmission speed of uploading and downloading
the data they stretch a limit to their performance and speed.. Thus the connection is more
efficient than the copper wire connection. However, once again this is a multi -user
connection and thus the connection gets interrupted while using and the users might face a
problem while using this technology. The fibre broadband power line is an efficient and
effective connection that can be used in a medium or low voltage power (El Halabi et al.
2014). They have great potential for future expansion and success as they are available
everywhere. However at low populated areas the technology is economically unfriendly. That
means that the users might have to pay a high cost price for using this technology in remote
or rural areas where the user’s rate is very low for this connection.
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Figure: network diagram layout
The diagram illustrates the network of the connection of this technology that is linked with
the Ethernet, computers, printer and the fibre broadband connection modem.
Fibre leased line connection: the fibre leased line connection are fit to connect the users at
an adverse location if they are connected, they can transfer data, voice, data, video. The
ordinary lines are not very efficient and have lots of disadvantages like limited range of
services. The managed fibre leased line connection are much more efficient. They have an
integrated and fully managed network that where the service provider can offer a huge range
of service. The speech circuits are provided in this network. The dedicated long and local
distance connection with a high speed can be offered to the user. The long distance leased
circuit can be provided such that the circuit can be transferred automatically to another circuit
for the similar subscriber (Azodolmolky, Wieder and Yahyapour 2013).
Thus the connectivity and the offerings given from this fibre leased line network is much
more efficient and promising for the users. Thus the users can use this technology.
Fibre leased line
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Figure: Fibre leased line connection
The above diagram is showing the working of the fibre leased line system working. The
diagram has shown a clear demonstration where the internet connection is connected to the
local exchange of the internet connection which is then forwarded to the router. Then it is
sent to the firewall and then sent to the business.
Analysis:
Both the connection fibre broadband and fibre leased line connection intends to provide an
internet connection to the user. However the pattern of the different technology is different.
The reasons can be justifies and analysed in the following paragraphs. The study will discuss
in details about the importance of the technology and they benefit the organization and what
are the impact of the connections to the users.
Leased Line: this is a symmetrical connection that is connecting the business directly using
the fibre cable lines and they are considered to be the pinnacle of the internet connection.
There are options for wireless leased lines (Lee, Park and Hwang 2015). They are similar to
the tradition fibre leased lineconnection however, they save the cost of construction and
engineering.
Cost consideration: when it comes to cost consideration then it has to be remembered that
the intention for both the technology is to provide internet connection but the cost of the
leased lien is more than the broad band connection. The reason for such high expense for this
technology is the speed that is promised to be provided is exactly the same and has very rare
fluctuation. There is very less amount of disturbances in the connection. The speed is not
affected even when the data usage is extremely high. The Ethernet connection assures that the
uploading and downloading connection is same (Zickuhr and Smith 2013). Thus the high

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price for this connection is justifies with the level of service and assurance they provide to the
users.
Location: the cost of the fibre leased lineconnection depends on the distance between the
premises of the provider to the premise of the user. The distance determines the cost and thus
it might
look a bit more costly than the fibre broadbandconnection. However the service that they
provide are best suited for business purpose where the speed accuracy and promising
connectivity is highly demanded.
Providers: this has a simple logic behind the theory that the higher the service providers the
lower is the cost. At the same time the lower is the amount f service provider the higher is the
price. This means that regions that has less service providers like in the rural areas will be
costing high price for the connection and vice-versa (Bascand 2013).
Fibre broadband: the fibre broadbandconnection assures a super -fast speed of internet. That
will accommodate to the daily requirement for internet. However the speed that they promise
might not remain same on a daily basis. The connection is on high demand and thus they
have a scope for higher disturbance in the connection (Coroama, and Hilty 2014). This type
of connections are risky for business purpose as the speed might drop at any pint of time.
Cost: the cost of the fibre broad band connection is comparatively low than the fibre leased
line connection. However the speed and service they provide is very poor in comparison to
the fibre leased line connection. The fibre broadband connection might drop its speed during
the peak time or stop which will affect the business organization in an adverse way. The
business that runs on internet supply or service will face a huge problem if they are using this
technology.

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Location: the distance is not a factor for this connection. They are connected to places that
might be far away from the providers premise. However, the strength of the network or the
connectivity assurance is not guaranteed in this system.
Critical Comparison:
User’s quantity: the number of users determines the type of connection they will be
requiring. If the number of users is more than twenty people then the fibre leased line is a
better option to use. It would also improve the user experience and productivity on this
network. However the organizations have more than twenty users in general and thus they
must be using the fibre leased line connection for proper connectivity (Aijaz, Aghvami and
Amani 2013).
Usage: the users who uses the connection for general reporting, mailing purpose they can use
the fibre broadband connection as they require very less amount of internet connection.
However if the sender is using the connection to send or receive large amount of information
or data then they must use the fibre leased line connection else they might not get the
connectivity (Duvey, Goyal and Hemrajani 2013).
Importance: the importance of the connection is a huge factor determining the choice for the
connection. The companies that requires high speed data, along with very less chances for
interruption must opt the fibre leased line connection. In this type of connection the scope for
interruption is very less and the chances for disturbance is also very less. However of the
business does not require much data and can adjust with a low speed technology then they
can use the fibre broadband connection (FCMI and Hadi 2013). The organization that uses
the internet only to send mails and chat with the customers can use the fibre broadband
connection as it is of low cost.
Thus after a severe and critical analysis of both the technology it can be concluded that the
leased lien connection is for the users who have a motivation to use a professional and sincere

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connection for their organization. The fibre leased line connection is a highly promising
connection that provides an uninterrupted connection and best services to the users of this
connection. Thus this network can be used by the organizations who are highly dependent on
the internet connection for the running of the organization (Haller and Lyons 2015).
However at the same time, if the organization are looking for a connection that is cheap and
their requirement for the connection is moderate then they can surely opt for the fibre
broadband connection. This connection is providing a moderate speed and low cost service.
The connection might get interrupted at times but it is harmless till the user is unaffected by
this issue.
Discussion:
Difference between fibre broadband and fibre leased line connection:
Cost: the fibre broadband connection is offered at a fixed cost irrespective of the area or work
place. However, the fibre leased line connection is cost depending on the business location
and few other factors. The cost for fibre leased line is typically determined by the distance
between the server who is providing the network and the location of the company (Botelho et
al. 2014). Thus it can be said that the fibre leased line connection is more costly than the fibre
broadband connection. Therefore when a client will be selecting a connection they might
prefer the fibre broadband connection if the selection comes with respect to cost of the
connection.
Availability: the fibre connection are generally shared with other subscribers which means
that sharing of the bandwidth with others can result to a decrease in the performance
standard. On the other side the fibre leased line service is a dedicated set up that serves only
the server and no one else. Thus it cannot be shared with any other user and hence the
performance remains unchanged for this system. Hence if the selection comes with

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preference to performance of the connection then the client would select the leased lien
connection as they do not share the connection with any other resources and remain limited to
the client company only, thus giving a higher standard of performance.
Capacity of downloading and uploading: the fibre broadband service offers asymmetric
performance which means that they a have a high capacity of downloading data but they have
a low capacity to upload data. On the other side the fibre leased line service is a symmetrical
performance where both the uploading and the downloading capacity is equal. However, if
the service can be customized and the design of this connectivity can be made asymmetric.
Service level agreements: the network and the connectivity might be hampered on some
working day for both the connection. However, the fibre broadband connection sis more than
one client or user at a time and thus there are high chances for damage for this technology.
On the other hand, the leased lien connection is being used by only one client thus when they
are being used there is very chance for this connection to get damaged (Haller and Lyons
2015). However, when it comes to providing service to the customer, the customers of the
fibre broadband connection faces a lot of issues as they are paying less hence their service
dates are delayed and the issues are resolved after a time gap of three to four days. The
customers of the fibre leased line connection are served in a shorter period of time as they are
being charged high amount for thee service. The time period taken by the leased lien service
centre might be three to four hours.
Thus it can be concluded with this though that the leased connection is a private
connection and is active constantly. The rent for this connection is paid annually thus they
serve their clients with full dedication. The service is private and dedicated to the clients they
do not have any competition with the bandwidth like the fibre broadband connection. The
connection is also termed as point to point connection, private circuit that has the only
intention to provide the best connection to the user (Briglauer and Gugler 2013). They also

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have assured internet speed that has a better performance strategy and also remains
uninterrupted while processing the connection or using it.
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Figure: Companies using the fibre broadband connection
Benefit to the business:
 They will receive a high performance speed. The business that requires a high internet
connection for communication or processing of data will be highly benefitted from
this connection.
 The organization that uses multiple connections at the same time will be benefitted
from this connection. As this a private connection and only the people in the
organization will be using this there will not be any scope for interruption in the
connection. While if the organization were using the broad band connection then there
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would have been higher chances for interruption and disturbance in the connection
that would have hampered the working of the organization.
 The high speed and uninterrupted speed of internet will help the organization to
transfer unlimited data and the organization. The organization will have sufficient
flow of data with the help of this technology.
 The service providers are highly dedicated to the organization as they are using only
this network that is allotted to them and no one else thus the service is also of a
premium standard in comparison to the fibre broadband connection.
 Thus it can be said that the connection is highly dedicated to the customer and has a
high standard of service whereas the fibre broadband connection is a weak and slow
process connection that has a very poor customer service strategy.
Conclusion:
Thus it can be concluded that the technologies that has been discussed in the study are both
related to sharing of data. The internet connection that the technologies promise an efficient
provision of internet, however there are few issues related to both the technology that has
been mention in the study. The fibre broadband connection that is comparatively of a lower
cost has a disadvantage that the connection is interrupted often and thus the user might get
disturbed working with this connection. Thus it can said that the use of fibre that gives a high
speed of internet between the two different location and such type of connections exist
between the service provider and the business.

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The fibre broadband technology can be recommended to be more prone to their
connectivity and dedication to the clients. They must improve their client service standards. It
is seen that the connection often neglects the issues faced by the users or rather solves them
after a longer period of time. They are typically used bu users who do not require an efficient
supply of internet connection. They are used only for sending mails and messages whenever
required. They also provide poor connectivity that has to be mended. They can improve their
low cost range to a medium cost and improve their drawbacks and provide a standard level of
connectivity to the users. It is expected that if the organization is using this technique then
they will prosper in their business in the market. At the same time the fibre leased
lineconnection might reduce their price so that the users who cannot afford to purchase this
technology will be able to purchase it and use it. Thus it can be concluded with this thought
point that the fibre broadband connection is beneficial to the internet user who are highly
dependent in the usage of continuous internet flow. The company that uses internet only to
send mails can be using the broadband connection.
Recommendation:
The companies that are willing to use the technology in an efficient and regular
manner must make the selection in a proper manner. The technology that suits the operating
system of the organization will be selected by the organization. The organization that requires
higher range of data must use the fibre leased line technology and the organization that
requires the normal speed of the internet they can use the fibre broadband connection. At the
same time the companies scan also make few changes in their price and speed. The fibre
broadband connection can improve their speed and on the other side the fibre leased line can
reduce their cost with the similar efficient that will benefit the users.

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