White
Paper
Table
1. Speed of Internet [3]
|
NAME
|
BANDWIDTH
|
BPS
|
HIGHWAY
ANALOGY
|
|
POTS*
|
-
|
64,000
|
3
foot garden path
|
|
ISDN
|
2 POTs
|
128,000
|
6
foot sidewalk
|
|
T1
|
12
ISDNs
|
1,544,000
|
4
lane highway (72 ft.)
|
|
ETHERNET
|
~
6.5 T1s
|
10,000,000
|
26
lane highway
|
|
T3
|
28
T1s
|
43,232,000
|
112
lane highway
|
|
FAST
ETHERNET
|
~
65 T1s
|
100,000,000
|
260
lane highway
|
|
OC3
|
3.6
times T3
|
155,000,000
|
~
1 mile wide highway
|
|
OC12
|
4
times OC3
|
622,000,000
|
~
4 mile wide highway
|
|
OC48
(Internet2)
|
4
times OC12
|
2,075,136,000
2.4 Gbs/second
|
~
16 mile wide highway
|
|
OC192
|
4
times OC48
|
9.6
Gbs/second
|
~64
mile wide highway
|
|