How fast is a Cable Modem
February 28, 2010There is no single answer to that one, depends who you ask… You connect your computer (Mac or PC) to the CABLE / DSL modem via your standard 10Base-T Ethernet connection. So, how fast does it really go?
Well, I’ve seen it go over 650Kbytes / sec. Web pages are usually 20 – 40 kb / sec. I’ll just list different results, which can vary based on several factors.
TRANSFER RATE FOR A 10 MBYTE FILE |
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Modem speed/type |
Transfer time |
9.6 kb/s telephone modem |
2.3 hours |
14.4 kb/s telephone modem |
1.5 hours |
28.8 kb/s telephone modem |
46 minutes |
56 kb/s telephone modem |
24 minutes |
128 kb/s ISDN modem |
10 minutes |
1.54 Mb/s T-1 connection |
52 seconds |
2 Mb/s cable modem |
46 seconds |
4 Mb/s cable modem |
20 seconds |
10 Mb/s cable modem |
8 seconds |
Results vary based on hardware, software and configuration |
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