Bandwidth Key Words: DS1, T-1, DS2, T-2, DS3, T-3, DS4, T-4, OC-1, OC-3, OC-12, OC-48, ATM, Bandwidth Resources, MPLS, Satellite, Internet and Bandwidth Speeds. Explaining Bandwidth The Easy Way. Hopefully, this will clear up and make some sense of some “Buzz words” that are commonly used. Frame Relay – Dead and gone as far as the Internet is concerned. Especially with the bandwidth requirements the way they are. Frame relay runs around 64kbps to 1.5Mbps [64,000 bits per second to 1.5 million bits per second]. Frame Relay is a shared line with other people, and your bandwidth depends on the current utilization of the line. ATM – Asynchronous Transfer Mode. ATM is a… Read More
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