The transmission rate of a communications line or system, expressed as kilobits per second (kbps) or megabits per second (Mbps) for digital systems; the amount of data that can be
transmitted over communications lines in a given time.
Some examples of internet bandwidth rates below…
56 kbit/s
Modem / Dialup
1.544 Mbit/s
T1
10 Mbit/s
Ethernet
11 Mbit/s
Wireless 802.11b
43.232 Mbit/s
T3
54 Mbit/s
Wireless-G 802.11g
100 Mbit/s
Fast Ethernet
155 Mbit/s
OC3
300 Mbit/s
Wireless-N 802.11n
622 Mbit/s
OC12
1000 [...]
