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How Fast is Your Data Traveling ? Monday August 2nd

This week-end I meet up with some friends at a Japanese restaurant, hummm… Sushi ! By the way if you’re in the area of Côte des Neiges you should try it, it’s called Atami, it’s very good and not so pricey.

Commun Data Communication Speed
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So as I was saying during the supper we talked about some gadgets and we questioned ourselves on some of the technology use to transfer data and their transfer rate. So I did a bit of research on the Net and I found out that there’s quite a lot of information concerning network communication speed.

You can click on the small chart to have a snapshot of some of the well known technologies or, you can check out the table below with all of the major network communication speed.

Take note that the transfer rate is in bit and not byte.

Value Units Description
14.4 Kbps Modems
28.8 Kbps Modems
56 Kbps Modems
64 Kbps ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network)
64 Kbps DS0
115 Kbps Serial Port (1 bit)
115 Kbps Parallel Port (8 bits)
128 Kbps ISDN Dual Channel
230.4 Kbps LocalTalk
720 Kbps Bluetooth wireless PAN (2.4 GHz band)
800 Kbps ADSL Upstream (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line)
900 Kbps Cable Modem Upstream
1.5 Mbps USB 1.0 (Universal Serial Bus)
1.544 Mbps DS1/T1
2 Mbps IEEE 802.11 wireless (2.4 GHz band)
2 Mbps PCS Wireless
2 Mbps Parallel Port (ECP/EPP PC to PC Connection)
2.048 Mbps E1
3.33 Mbps ATA Hard Drive PIO Mode 0
4 Mbps ADSL Downstream (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line)
5 Mbps Cable Modem Downstream
5.22 Mbps ATA Hard Drive PIO Mode 1
6.312 Mbps DS-2/T2
8.33 Mbps ATA Hard Drive PIO Mode 2
8.448 Mbps E2
10 Mbps Ethernet (10Base-T)
11 Mbps IEEE 802.11b wireless WLAN (2.4 GHz band)
11.11 Mbps ATA Hard Drive PIO Mode 3
12 Mbps USB 1.1 (Universal Serial Bus)
16.67 Mbps ATA Hard Drive PIO Mode 4
24 Mbps U-NII Wireless
33 Mbps Ultra DMA Hard Disk 33
34.368 Mbps E3
40 Mbps SCSI-1 (8 bit, 5 Mhz)
40 Mbps IEEE 802.11a wireless (5.6 GHz band)
44.736 Mbps DS3/T3
51.84 Mbps OC-1/STS-1 SONET (Synchronous Optical Network)
54 Mbps IEEE 802.11a wireless WLAN (5 GHz band)
54 Mbps IEEE 802.11g wireless WLAN (2.4 GHz band)
64 Mbps ISA (16-bit, 8 Mhz)
66 Mbps Ultra DMA Hard Disk 66
80 Mbps Wide SCSI-2 (16 bit, 5 Mhz)
80 Mbps Fast SCSI-2 (8 bit, 10 Mhz)
80 Mbps PCMCIA, PC Card Memory Transfers (16 bit, Byte mode)
100 Mbps Fast Ethernet (100Base-T)
100 Mbps Ultra DMA Hard Disk 100
139.264 Mbps E4
155.52 Mbps ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode)
155.52 Mbps OC-3/STM-1
160 Mbps PCMCIA, PC Card Memory Transfers (16 bit, Word mode)
160 Mbps Fast Wide SCSI-2 (16 bit, 10 Mhz)
160 Mbps Ultra SCSI (8 bit, 20 Mhz)
264 Mbps PCMCIA, PC Card Cardbus (32 bit, Byte mode)
264 Mbps IDE DMA33
274.176 Mbps DS-4/T4
320 Mbps Wide Ultra SCSI (16 bit, 20 Mhz)
320 Mbps Ultra2 SCSI (8 bit, 40 Mhz)
320 Mbps MicroChannel Card
400 Mbps FireWire 400 (IEEE 1394A)
466.56 Mbps OC-9/STM-3
480 Mbps USB 2.0 (Universal Serial Bus)
528 Mbps PCMCIA, PC Card Cardbus (32 bit, Word mode)
528 Mbps IDE DMA66
622.08 Mbps OC-12/STM-4
640 Mbps Wide Ultra2 SCSI (16 bit, 40 Mhz)
800 Mbps FireWire 800 (IEEE 1394B)
800 Mbps ATA/100 (parallel)
1 Gbps Gigabit Ethernet
1 Gbps VL Bus
1.056 Gbps PCMCIA, PC Card Cardbus (32 bit, DWord mode)
1.056 Gbps PCI 2.0 (32 bit, 33 Mhz)
1.244 Gbps OC-24/STM-8
1.28 Gbps Ultra3 SCSI (16 bit, 40 Mhz, Fast 80)
1.28 Gbps Ultra160 SCSI (16 bit, 40 Mhz)
1.5 Gbps Ultra Serial ATA 1500
1.866 Gbps OC-36/STM-12
2.1 Gbps AGP 1X port
2.112 Gbps PCI 2.1 (64 bit, 33 Mhz)
2.488 Gbps OC-48/STM-16
2.56 Gbps Ultra320 SCSI (16 bit, 80 Mhz)
4.2 Gbps AGP 2X port
4.224 Gbps PCI 2.2 (64 bit, 66 Mhz)
4.976 Gbps OC-96/STM-32
8 Gbps PCI 2.3 (64 bit, 133 Mhz)
8.5 Gbps AGP 4X port
9.953 Gbps OC-192/STM-64
10 Gbps 10G Ethernet (IEEE 802.3ae)
13.271 Gbps OC-255
39.81312 Gbps OC-768

If you find any missing information let me know and I’ll update the table.

Reference :

  1. Wireless LANs : Bluetooth vs WLAN
  2. Comparison of the theoretical speeds associated with USB, FireWire and PCI
  3. Explaining : Home Network Speeds and Home Computer Bus Speeds
  4. Network Communication Speed Comparison Table
  5. Data Communication : Bus Options, Serial and Parallel Communication
  6. SCSI Data Transfer Modes
  7. Frequently Asked Questions About PC Card Technology
  8. Definition of OC-768

Comments»

1. Jeffrey Osterhout - Saturday December 11th
4 months, 1 week after the post

Serial ATA (Gen 1) 150 MB/sec 1.2 Gbps
Serial ATA (Gen 2) 300 MB/sec 2.4 Gbps
Serial ATA (Gen 3) 600 MB/sec 4.8 Gbps