Network Connection Thread

[Shakeout]

I was asked a question today that i could not answer.

How fast is 3G service and is there anything better/faster, that you could use to as a mesh for a wan for any company.

Well after some looking i found 3g is rated for 14mb down and 2 up, I'm not sure this is accurate or not. and I assume that is for 1 user and as more users are on each share that speed like any other wireless.

But what i was left really asking myself was the better part of the question, how many different ways are there to mesh a network together now?

So I started looking for a reference to see if anything had them all listed, as of yet I have not found it. If anyone has a reference page with this information i would be very grateful for a link.



Off the top of my head for connections there are

--Wired--

33.6 K (Modem) - 33,600 bps
56 K (Modem) - 56,000 bps
64 K (DS-0) - 64,000 bps
128 K (ISDN) - 128,000 bps
256 K (DSL) - 256,000 bps
640 K (DSL/Cable) - 640,000 bps
768 K (DSL/Cable) - 768,000 bps
T1, DS-1 - 1.544 Mbps
T3, DS-3 - 44.736 Mbps
OC-1 - 51.840 Mbps
OC-3 - 155.520 Mbps
OC-12 - 622.520 Mbps
OC-48 - 2.488 Gbps
OC-192 - 10Gbps
Ethernet over copper

--Wireless--
802.11a - 54 Mbit/s
802.11b - 11 Mbit/s
802.11g - 54 Mbit/s
802.11n - 600Mbit/s
Edge
EVDO
3G - 14/2 Mbit/s
4G
Wireless Bridge - 150Mbit/s(Fastest i've seen)
Wimax

So what am i missing, not thinking about. Sorry for the bit of a ramble but thought this might make a good discussion.

 

[spidey07]

Wireless optical, basically lasers. Up to 10 gig I believe.
Satellite

 

[jlazzaro]

E1 and E3

 

[spidey07]

E1 and E3

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