PhutureNet is backed up with some great corporate partners providing backbone connectivity for the Internet. We are currently running on a 10 megabit connection directly into the Internet through a 155 megabit ATM connection. Below is a reference of common connection speeds. Most Internet Service Providers (ISP) have a single T-1 connection which is about 1.5 megabit. That means your web site will have a little more than 6 times the bandwidth available than most service providers! When we created PhutureNet we didn't want the bandwidth bottleneck to be us....
Glossary of Connectivity Terms
Bandwidth is the amount of data, measured usually in bits per second, that can be send through a dedicated (leased) transmission circuit.
Bit A bit is the primary unit of digital data. Written in binary language as a "1" or a "0".
Byte A byte is composed of 8 bits.
56 Kilobit Leased Line A 56 kilobit (56,000 bits per second) leased line is currently the smallest bandwidth transmission data circuit useful in Internet applications. It is also roughly the bandwidth needed for a voice phone call.
T-1 circuit A T-1 circuit or leased line equals 1,544,000 bits per second or 24 56 kbs leased lines.
E-1 circuit An E-1 Circuit (2,000,000 bits per second) is the European equivalent (roughly speaking) of a T-1.
Ethernet is a local area network transport protocol that is one of the most pervasive in the networking industry. It offers a 10 megabit (10,000,000 bits per second) speed for data throughput.
T-3 A T-3 Circuit (45,000,000 bits per second) is the backbone speed of all major national Internet service providers in the US.
OC-3 An OC-3 circuit (155,000,000 bits per second) is the backbone speed that major ISPs will need to be upgrading to some time in 1996-97.
OC-48 An OC-48 circuit (2,400,000,000 bits or 2.4 gigabits per-second) is the typical speed for many aggregated telephone voice circuits on inter city fiber optic lines.
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