Home Network Connections


Speeds in bits per second (bps)

Dialups - 56K
Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) - 1.5M
Cable - 6M
T3 line - 45M

8 bits = 1 byte = 1 character
1 kilobyte (K) = 1024 bytes
1Megabyte (M) = 1024 K
1Gigabyte (G) = 1024 M
3.5 floppy disk contains 1.5 M