|
Maximum
Dedicated Bandwidths
|
13.21
Gbps
|
OC-255
|
|
10
Gbps
|
OC-192
|
|
4.976
Gbps
|
OC-96
|
|
2.488
Gbps
|
OC-48,
STS-48
|
|
1.866
Gbps
|
OC-36
|
|
1.244
Gbps
|
OC-24
|
|
933.12
Mbps
|
OC-18
|
|
622.08
Mbps
|
OC-12,
STS-12
|
|
456.56
Mbps
|
OC-9
|
|
155.52
Mbps
|
OC-3,
STS-3, Category 5 Cable, High- Speed
ADSL Downstream
|
|
100
Mbps
|
CDDI,
FDDI, Fash Ethernet
|
|
51.84
Mbps
|
OC-1,
STS-1
|
|
44.736
Mbps
|
T-3,
DS-3 North America
|
|
34.368
Mbps
|
E-3
Europe
|
|
20
Mbps
|
Category
4 Cable
|
|
16
Mbps
|
Token
Ring LANs
|
|
10
Mbps
|
Thin
Ethernet, Category 3 Cable, Cable Modem
|
|
8.448
Mbps
|
E-2
Europe
|
|
6.312
Mbps
|
T-2,
DS-2 North America
|
|
6.144
Mbps
|
Standard
ADSL downstream
|
|
3.152
Mbps
|
DS-1c
|
|
2.048
Mbps
|
E-1,
DS-1 Europe
|
|
1.544
Mbps
|
T-1,
DS-1 North America
|
|
128
Kbps
|
ISDN
|
|
64
Kbps
|
DS-0,
Pulse Code Modulation
|
|
56
Kbps
|
56flex,
US Robotics x2 Modems, V.90 Standard
|
|
33.6
Kbps
|
56flex,
x2 Modem Communications Rate
|
|
28.8
Kbps
|
V.34,
Rockwell V.Fast Class modems
|
|
20
Kbps
|
Level
1 Cable, Minimum Cable Data Speed
|
|
14.4
Kbps
|
V.32bis
Modem, V.17 Fax
|
|
9600
bps
|
Modem
Speed Circa 1980s
|
|
2400
bps
|
Modem
Speed Circa 1980s
|
Units
Of Mesaurement
bit
=
Smallest Unit Of Digital Information, i.e. Ones &
Zeros
byte =
A Set Of Bits
Bps =
Bits Per Second
Kbps =
Kilobits Per Second = 1000 Bits Per Second
Mbps =
Million Bits Per Second = 1,000,000 Bits Per Second
Gbps =
Gigabits Per Second = 1,000,000,000 (One Billion) Bits
Per
Second
Tbps =
Terabits Per Second = 1,000,000,000,000 (One Trillion)
Bits Per Second
INFO
TAKEN FROM THE DIRECTORY OF INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS
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