| Name | ISP cost | Line cost | BAUD | Kilobits/ps | Megabits/ps | Max Daily Throughput |
| 2400 baud | $20-$30/month | phone line | 2400 | 2.4 | .0024 | 25 Megabytes |
| 9600 baud | $20-$30/month | phone line | 9600 | 9.6 | .0096 | 103 Megabytes |
| 14.4 | $20-$30/month | phone line | 14,400 | 14.4 | .0144 | 155 Megabytes |
| 28.8 | $20-$30/month | phone line | 28,800 | 28.8 | .0288 | 311 Megabytes |
| 33.6 | $20-$30/month | phone line | 33,600 | 33.6 | .0336 | 362 Megabytes |
| 56k | $20-$30/month | phone line | 57,600 | 57.6 | .0576 | 622 Megabytes |
| 1 ISDN | $30/month | $30/month+ | 64,000 | 64 | .064 | 691 Megabytes |
| 2 ISDN | $75+/month | $30/month + | 128,000 | 128 | .128 | 1.382 Gigabytes |
| 144 Kbps IDSL | $149/month | $0 | 144,000 | 144 | .144 | 1.5 Gigabytes |
| 192 Kbps SDSL | $149/month | $0 | 192,000 | 192 | .192 | 2 Gigabytes |
| 384 Kbps SDSL | $179/month | $0 | 384,000 | 384 | .384 | 4.05 Gigabytes |
| 768 Kbps SDSL | $249/month | $0 | 768,000 | 768 | .768 | 8.1 Gigabytes |
| 1.1 Mbps SDSL | $299/month | $0 | 1,152,000 | 1152 | 1.152 | 12.15 Gigabytes |
| 1.5 Mbps SDSL | $369/month | $0 | 1,536,000 | 1536 | 1.536 | 16.2 Gigabytes |
| T-1 | $749/month | 1.544 million | 1544 | 1.544 | 16 Gigabytes | |
| 802.11a | - | - | 2000 | 2 | 20.6 Gigabytes | |
| E-1 | ? | ? | 2.048 million | 2048 | 2.048 | 22 Gigabytes |
| 10 Base-T | - | - | 10 million | 10,000 | 10 | 108 Gigabytes |
| 802.11b | - | - | 11 million | 11,000 | 11 | 116 Gigabytes |
| T-3 | $1K - $50K/month | ? | 45 million | 45,000 | 45 | 486 Gigabytes |
| DS-3 | $1K - $50K/month | ? | 45 million | 45,000 | 45 | 486 Gigabytes |
| OC-1 | ? | ? | 51.84 million | 51,840 | 51.84 | 559 Gigabytes |
| 802.11g | ? | ? | 54 million | 54,000 | 54 | 569 Gigabytes |
| 100 Base-T | - | - | 100 million | 100,000 | 100 | 1.08 Terabytes |
| OC-3 | ? | ? | 155.52 million | 155,520 | 155.52 | 1.6 Terabytes |
| OC-12 | ? | ? | 622 million | 622,000 | 622 | 6.7 Terabytes |
| 1000 Base-T (GigE) | - | - | 1 billion | 1 mil | 1,000 | 10.8 teraabytes |
| OC-48 | ? | ? | 2.4 billion | 2.4 mil | 2,400 | 25 Terabytes |
| OC-192 / 10G | ? | ? | 10 billion | 10 mil | 10,000 | 108 Terabytes |
| OC-768 | ? | ? | 40 billion | 40 mil | 40,000 | 432 Terabytes |
| OC-20,000 | ? | ? | 1 trillion | 1 billion | 1,000,000 | 10.8 Petabytes |
bit is either a 1 or 0
byte is 8 bits
kilobyte is 1,000 bytes
megabyte is 1,000,000 bytes
gigabyte is 1,000,000,000 bytes
terabyte is 1,000,000,000,000 bytes
petabyte is 1,000,000,000,000,000 bytes
exabyte is 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 bytes
zettabyte is 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 bytes
yottabyte is 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 bytes
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