Dude, not to be impolite, but if you keep playing devil's advocate with us, I think that you should just decide on your own.

a t1 is business class connectivity. if you need 99.99% uptime for a server or a group of clients, then it might be worth checking into. if you're a personal net user, a t1 offers you no worthwhile benefits over a decent cable connection, unless you like having a stack of gizmos with flashing lights in your closet.

For me it would be an open and shut case, but I have about a dozen sites that use cable modems and Cisco routers to connect to a central site over VPN. If I could switch to T1 I'd have other options (frame relay), and greatly improved reliability.

So I want to know...who is selling T1 connections for less than 1/6 what Verizon charges. And do they offer service in NY (specifically, Long Island)?