Wan Connections and their Relative Bandwidth
|
WAN Technology |
Typical Available Bandwidth |
Medium |
|
Frame Relay |
56 Kbps to 1.544 Mbps |
Copper |
|
T1 |
1.544 Mbps |
Copper |
|
T3 |
44.736 Mbps |
Copper |
|
E1 |
2.048 Mbps |
Copper |
|
E3 |
34.4 Mbps |
Copper |
|
ATM |
155 Mbps to 622 Mbps |
Copper |
|
SONET |
51.84 Mbps to 159.25 Mbps |
Optical |
|
OC-1 |
51.84 Mbps |
Optical |
|
OC-3 |
155.52 Mbps |
Optical |
|
OC-12 |
622.08 Mbps |
Optical |
|
OC-48 |
2.4 Gbps |
Optical |
|
OC-192 |
9.6 Gbps |
Optical |