Connection Speeds by Network Type

Network designers are acutely aware of the different connection speeds of each type of network that they build. This knowledge ensures that the correct fiber type is installed and that the system will meet network design specifications.

The chart below provides typical connection speeds according to network type.


Connection Speeds by Network Type
TYPE SPEED
Analog POTS Modem 300 bps - 56.7 kbps
Facsimile (Fax) 9.6 - 14.4 kbps
Cellular Digital Packet Data (CDPD) 9.6 - 14.4 kbps
HSCSD 28.8 - 56.0 kbps
T-0/E-0/J-0/DS-0 (1 Voice Channel) 64 kbps
N-ISDN (Narrowband) 64 kbps
Fractional T-1 (64kbps Increments) 64.0 kbps - 1.544 Mbps
GPRS 114 kbps
ISDN BRI (Basic Rate 2B+D, B = 64 kbps, D = 16 kbps) 144 kbps
EDGE 384 kbps
Bluetooth 723 kbps
StarLAN 1 Mbps
ISDN PRI (Primary Rate 23B+D, B = 64 kbps, D = 64kbps) 1.544 Mbps
T-1/J-1 (24 Voice Channels) 1.544 Mbps
WCDMA/WTDMA 2 Mbps
E-1 (30 Voice, 2 Control(64 kbps) Channels) 2.048 Mbps
ARCnet 2.5 Mbps
T-1C/J-1C (2 T-1/J-1) 3.152 Mbps
10Base-F 850
UMTS 3.5 Mbps
10Base-F 850
Token Ring 4 Mbps
E-2 (4 E-1) 8.448 Mbps
Ethernet 10Base-X 10 Mbps
802.11b (WiFi) 11 Mbps
Fast Token Ring 16 Mbps
OC-1/STS-1 51.84 Mbps
802.11a/g 54 Mbps
Fast Ethernet 100Base-X 100 Mbps
100VG Anylan 100 Mbps
High Speed Token Ring 100 Mbps
FDDI/CDDI 100 Mbps
TS-3D/DS-3D 135 Mbps
E-4 (64 E-1) 139.264 Mbps
(ATM) OC-3/STS-3/STM-1 155.52 Mbps
T-4 (168 T-1) 274.176 Mbps
J-4 (240 J-1) 397.200 Mbps
J-4 (240 J-1) 397.200 Mbps
E-5 (256 E-1) 565.148 Mbps
OC-9/STS-9/STM-3 466.56 Mbps
(ATM) OC-12/STS-12/STM-4 622.08 Mbps
OC-18/STS-18/STM-6 933.12 Mbps
Gigabit Ethernet 1000Base-X 1 Gbps
OC-24/STS-24/STM-8 1.24416 Gbps
OC-36/STS-36/STM-12 1.86624 Gbps
OC-48/STM-16 2.48832 Gbps
OC-96/STS-96/STM-32 4.97664 Gbps
OC-192/STS-192/STM-64 9.95328 Gbps
10 Gigabit Ethernet WAN 9.95328 Gbps
10 Gigabit Ethernet LAN 10 Gbps
OC-256/STS-256 13.27104 Gbps
OC-384/STS-384/STM-128 19.90656 Gbps
OC-768/STS-768/STM-256 39.81312 Gbps
OC-1536/STS-1536/STM-512 79.62624 Gbps
OC-3072/STS-3072/STM-1024 159.25248 Gbps
TYPE UPSTREAM SPEED DOWNSTREAM SPEED
Docsis 1.x Cable Modem 320 kbps - 10.240 Mbps 30.342 Mbps, 42.884 Mbps
Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) 64 kbps - 1.5 Mbps 768 kbps - 9 Mbps
ISDN DSL (IDSL) 144 kbps 144 kbps
High Bit-Rate DSL (HDSL) 1.544 Mbps (2.048 Mbps Europe) 1.544 Mbps (2.048 Mbps Europe)
HDSL2 1.544 Mbps (2.048 Mbps Europe) 1.544 Mbps (2.048 Mbps Europe)
Symmetric DSL (SDSL) 1.544 Mbps (2.048 Mbps Europe) 1.544 Mbps (2.048 Mbps Europe)
Very High Bit-Rate DSL (VDSL) 1.5 - 2.3 Mbps 13 - 52 Mbps
Symmetric High Bit-Rate DSL (SHDSL) <2.3 Mbps <2.3 Mbps
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