Enabling the Hybrid WAN | Fortinet Blog

Each year it seems internet prices come down and speeds go up, at least in urban markets where there is sufficient competition. What a great value, right? Unfortunately, a lot of this value has been limited to consumers. Business users haven’t been so lucky. There may be a few price decreases and deals every so often, especially when you pick up the phone and threaten to go to another carrier to replace your MPLS network, assuming you work somewhere without a telecom monopoly. Although there are often more options for business-class connectivity, the options are generally slower (like the incredible 1.5 Mbps a T1 can offer) and prohibitively expensive, especially for smaller organizations. Oh…that T1 generally goes for around $350 a month, in case you were wondering.

Faster Metro Ethernet options are phasing out older T1s and DS3s, but they generally go for around $30/megabit of bandwidth. Do you need 100 Mbps of bandwidth? No problem - that will be around $3,000 to $3,500 a month depending on the carrier and the availability in your area.

Enabling the Hybrid WAN | Fortinet Blog