Basics of Bandwidth
Posted by:Posted By AVAD Business Editor on 2008-06-06
T1 Lines have been the primary source of mission critical bandwidth for companies of all sizes for nearly 20 years. With so much history, a basic understanding of the T1 line should be common knowledge among business owners who are looking for reliable bandwidth for Internet access, data communications, or multiple telephone lines.
However, it was not until the late 1990s that the market for T1 lines became very competitive and prices began falling to more reasonable levels, causing the demand to rise sharply among small and medium sized businesses. Even today most small business owners and managers still do not know how a standard T1 line works or what it is capable of providing.
Bandwidth Defined
Posted by:Bandwidth Defined
Posted By AVAD Business Editor on 2008-0-04
One kilobit per second (Kbps) equals 1000 bits per second (bps).Kbps is also written as “kbps” that carries the same meaning. Likewise, one megabit per second (Mbps) equals one million bps and one Gigabit equals one billion bps.
Network performance is best measured in bps, but sometimes numbers are given in bytes per second Bps). Then, one KBps equals one kilobyte per second, one MBps equals one megabyte per second, and GBps equals one gigabyte per second. Many times people write KBps, for example, when they mean Kbps, and it is important to be clear on this distinction.
Examples: V.90 modems support data rates up to 56 Kbps. Traditional Ethernet supports data rates up to 10 Mbps and Fast Ethernet 100 Mbps. Gigabit Ethernet supports 1000 Mbps or 1 Gbps. Also Known As: Kb/sec, Kb/s, Mb/sec, Mb/s, Gb/sec, Gb/s.
