Bandwdith E1 links
E1 = 2 Mb/s
E2 = 8Mb/s
E3 = 34Mb/s
E4 = 140Mb/s
E5 = 565Mb/s
Bandwidth STM links
STM-1 = 155Mb/s
STM-4 = 622Mb/s
STM-16 = 2.5Gb/s
STM-64 = 10 Gb/s
Bandwidth OC Links
OC-1 = 51Mbps
OC-3 = 155Mbps
OC-12 = 600 Mbps
OC-48 = 2.4 Gbps
OC-96 = 9.6 Gbps
OC-768 = 40 Gbps
Type Rate Additional info
ISDN:
BRI 128Kbps ISDN 2 64KB+1 16KD
PRI 1.480Mbps ISDN 23B+1D (all 64K) ~ T1 Type Rate Additional info
XDSL:
E1 = 2 Mb/s
E2 = 8Mb/s
E3 = 34Mb/s
E4 = 140Mb/s
E5 = 565Mb/s
Bandwidth STM links
STM-1 = 155Mb/s
STM-4 = 622Mb/s
STM-16 = 2.5Gb/s
STM-64 = 10 Gb/s
Bandwidth OC Links
OC-1 = 51Mbps
OC-3 = 155Mbps
OC-12 = 600 Mbps
OC-48 = 2.4 Gbps
OC-96 = 9.6 Gbps
OC-768 = 40 Gbps
Type Rate Additional info
ISDN:
PRI 1.480Mbps ISDN 23B+1D (all 64K) ~ T1 Type Rate Additional info
XDSL:
ADSL 640+Kbps up/ Asymmetric Digital SubscriberLine
1.544+Mbps down Nonmatching send/receive transmission rates
HDSL 784+Kbps Typically matching send/receive rates, can reach T1 speeds
SDSL 768Kbps Single Line Digital Subscriber Line aka HDSL2
VDSL 19.2Mbps up/ Very high rate Digital Subscriber Line
51.84Mbps down
IDSL 128Kbps Effectively ISDN over low quality non-CAT5 copper
with no voice capabilities
RADSL ADSL Rate Adaptive Digital Subscriber Line
ADSL that automatically adapts rates depending on
transmission medium quality
Type Rate Additional info
T Carrier:
T1 1.544Mbps 24 DS0 channels, equivalent to 1 DS1
T1C 3.152Mbps 48 channels
T2 6.312Mbps 96 channels
T3 44.736Mbps 672 channels
T4 274.176Mbs 4032 channels
E1 2.048Mbps 30 64Kbps channels + 2 64Kbps D, aka European T1
Digital Signal Links
DS0 64Kbps 1 channel, same rate in NA, Japan, and Europe
DS1 1.544Mbps 24 channels (T
DS1C 3.152Mbps 48 channels (T1C)
DS2 6.312Mbps 96 channels (T2)
DS3 44.736Mbps 672 channels (T3)
DS4 274.176Mbps 4032 channels (T4)
Optical Carrier:
OC-1 51.48Mbps Optical Carrier SONET - All OC-n are 51.48*n Mbps
OC-3 155.52Mbps Optical Carrier SONET
OC-12 622.08Mbps Optical Carrier SONET
OC-48 2.4Gbps Optical Carrier SONET
OC-192 9.6Gbps Optical Carrier SONET
OC-256 13.1Gbps Optical Carrier SONET
OC-768 40Gbps Optical Carrier SONET
Connection Speed
56 K 56,000 bps
128 K 128,000 bps
256 K 256,000 bps
512 K 512,000 bps
768 K 768,000 bps
T1, DS-1 1.544 Mbps
T3, DS-3 44.736 Mbps
OC-3 155.520 Mbps
OC-12 622.080 Mbps
OC-48 2.488 Gbps
OC-192 10 Gbps
with no voice capabilities
RADSL ADSL Rate Adaptive Digital Subscriber Line
ADSL that automatically adapts rates depending on
transmission medium quality
Type Rate Additional info
T Carrier:
T1 1.544Mbps 24 DS0 channels, equivalent to 1 DS1
T1C 3.152Mbps 48 channels
T2 6.312Mbps 96 channels
T3 44.736Mbps 672 channels
T4 274.176Mbs 4032 channels
E1 2.048Mbps 30 64Kbps channels + 2 64Kbps D, aka European T1
Digital Signal Links
DS0 64Kbps 1 channel, same rate in NA, Japan, and Europe
DS1 1.544Mbps 24 channels (T
DS1C 3.152Mbps 48 channels (T1C)
DS2 6.312Mbps 96 channels (T2)
DS3 44.736Mbps 672 channels (T3)
DS4 274.176Mbps 4032 channels (T4)
Optical Carrier:
OC-1 51.48Mbps Optical Carrier SONET - All OC-n are 51.48*n Mbps
OC-3 155.52Mbps Optical Carrier SONET
OC-12 622.08Mbps Optical Carrier SONET
OC-48 2.4Gbps Optical Carrier SONET
OC-192 9.6Gbps Optical Carrier SONET
OC-256 13.1Gbps Optical Carrier SONET
OC-768 40Gbps Optical Carrier SONET
Connection Speed
56 K 56,000 bps
128 K 128,000 bps
256 K 256,000 bps
512 K 512,000 bps
768 K 768,000 bps
T1, DS-1 1.544 Mbps
T3, DS-3 44.736 Mbps
OC-3 155.520 Mbps
OC-12 622.080 Mbps
OC-48 2.488 Gbps
OC-192 10 Gbps