If you find it more convenient to think of bandwidth The amount of data transmitted or received per unit of time. When we refer to acquiring or selling bandwidth, we mean the amount of information that can be sent over a connection at one time, at the allowed speed, without packet loss or excessive delay. Bandwidth is measured in bits-per-second. in terms of transfer time for files of various sizes, which are expressed on bytes rather than bits, the following chart may be helpful.
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GigaBytes/month (GB/mo) |
MegaBytes/month (MB/mo) |
Megabits/sec ( Mbps One of the ways of expressing units of bandwidth-Megabits-per-second (1,000,000 bits-per-second). ) |
Kilobits/sec ( Kbps One of the ways of expressing units of bandwidth-kilobits-per-second (1,000 bits-per-second). ) |
Telco Standard |
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150 |
150,000 |
0.5 |
463 |
|
|
166 |
166,000 |
0.5 |
512 |
512K |
|
250 |
250,000 |
0.8 |
772 |
|
|
500.3 |
500,300 |
1.5 |
1,544 |
T-1 |
|
1,000 |
1,000,000 |
3.1 |
3,086 |
|
|
5,000 |
5,000,000 |
15.4 |
15,432 |
|
|
10,000 |
10,000,000 |
30.9 |
30,864 |
|
|
14,495 |
14,494,500 |
44.7 |
44,736 |
T-3 |
|
15,000 |
15,000,000 |
46.3 |
46,296 |
|
|
16,796 |
16,796,000 |
51.8 |
51,840 |
OC-1 |
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20,000 |
20,000,000 |
61.7 |
61,728 |
|
|
25,000 |
25,000,000 |
77.2 |
77,160 |
|
|
30,000 |
30,000,000 |
92.6 |
92,593 |
|
|
40,000 |
40,000,000 |
123.5 |
123,457 |
|
|
50,389 |
50,388,500 |
155.5 |
155,520 |
OC-3 |
|
75,000 |
75,000,000 |
231.5 |
231,481 |
|
|
100,000 |
100,000,000 |
308.6 |
308,642 |
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