[Guest]

How Fast is my Web Host's Internet Connection?

[HostExpert]

It depends on what type of connection they have to the Internet. Below is a listing of the different speeds of the different connection types:

Note that:

8Kbps = 1 KB per second
8Mbps = 1 MB per second

[HostExpert]

Circuit Name -------- Capacity -------- Comment

DS0 ----------------------- 64kbps --------- Building Block for Fractional T1

T1, DS-1 ----------------- 1.544Mbps -------- North America

E1, DS-1 ----------------- 2.048Mbps --------- Europe, Asia

T2, DS-2 ---------------- 6.312Mbps --------- North America

E2 ----------------------- 8.448Mbps --------- Europe

E3 ---------------------- 34.368Mbps -------- Europe and Japan

T3 or DS3 ------------- 44.736Mbps -------- 672 DS0s

OC-1, STS1 ----------- 51.840Mbps -------- Optical Fiber

Fast Ethernet -------- 100.00 Mbps -------- Wireless Broadband

OC-3, STS3 ----------- 155.520Mbps -------- Optical Fiber; 3 x 51.840Mbps

OC-3c ----------------- 155.520Mbps -------- Optical Fiber; "c"= concatenated

OC-12, STS12 -------- 622.080Mbps -------- Optical Fiber

OC-48 ---------------- 2.488Gbps -------- Optical Fiber
OC-96 ---------------- 4.976Gbps -------- Optical Fiber
OC-192 --------------- 10Gbps -------- Optical Fiber
OC-255 -------------- 13.21Gbps -------- Optical Fiber