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What are the throughput values for common LAN and WAN connections?

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Answer

Connection

Throughput in bits/Sec.

 

Throughput in Bytes/Second

Throughput in Bytes/Minute

Throughput in Bytes/Hour

10Mbe

10BaseT

10 Mb/Sec.

1.25 MB/Sec.

75 MB/Min.

4.5 GB/Hr.

100Mbe

100BaseT

100 Mb/Sec.

12.5 MB/Sec.

750 MB/Min.

45 GB/Hr.

1Gbe

Gigabit-e

 

 

1 Gb/Sec.

125 MB/Sec.

7.5 GB/Min.

450 GB/Hr.

10Gbe

10 Gb/Sec.

1.250 GB/Sec.

75 GB/Min.

4.5 TB/Hr.

40Gbe

40 Gb/Sec.

5 GB/Sec.

300 GB/Min.

18 TB/Hr.

T1

DS1

1.5 Mb/Sec.

197 KB/Sec.

11.8 MB/Min.

709 MB/Hr.

T3

DS3

45 Mb/Sec.

5.59 MB/Sec.

 

335 MB/Min.

20 GB/Hr.

OC-3

155 Mb/Sec.

19.4 MB/Sec.

1.2 GB/Min.

70 GB/Hr.

OC-48

2488 Mb/Sec.

 

 

 

311 MB/Sec.

19 GB/Min.

1.1 TB/Hr.

OC-256

Internet Backbone

 

13 Gb/Sec.

1.65 GB/Sec.

99 GB/Min.

5.9 TB/Hr.

 

Additional Information

The typical nomenclature for throughout is Bytes/sec with a capital B (B/s), whereas theoretical bandwidth of a connection is bits/sec with a lowercase b (b/s)

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