Bandwidth speed

[Pumices]

I have become quite confused over the last few days trying to sort between Megabits per second and Megabytes per second. For example a typical T1 line has a bandwidth of 1.5 mbps now is that 1.5 Megabits per second or 1.5 Megabytes per second. because if it is megabits, that means that a T1 line is sharing a meer 128 kilobytes per second over an entire office. Further more a T3 line is 45 mbps, again is that 45 MegaBytes per second or Megabits per second. If it is Megabits that means you are paying 6 to 12 thousand dollars a month for only 5.6 MegaBytes per second. If someone could clarify this for me I would really appreciate it. Thanks

 

[ChrisAC]

1.5 MegaBITS per second.

Chris.

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Chris A.C, CCNA, CCSA
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[s0121]

(during the DOS days) it took 4 bits to make a byte.

http://computer.howstuffworks.com/bytes.htm

Frank Smith irc.dhcnetwork.com

SomeWhere in Kansas Near Dodge City