Given a transfer rate such as 5Mbps, or 56Kbps, this script will tell you how long it takes to transfer certain kinds of files, or what is possible with your line or communications medium. For communications lines with the same up and down data rates, given only the up-route rate. Hit "compute" to compute the information, results will be given below.
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Down-route rate: Up-route Rate:

Results for (Down:6 Mbps/Up:600 Kbps)Link to this Result

Down-route speeds in terms of media:
Media Transfer Rates (Your Rate: ~768 Kilobytes/sec)
UnitsUnits or Fractions of a Unit Transferred Per Second
Words (5 chars, text)157286.4x
Sentence (32 chars, text)24576.0x
Full Page (text)148.9x
Floppy Disk(1/ 2) (0.03m )
CD (Compact Disk)(1/933) (15.56m )
DVD (Digital Video Disk)(1/6417) (106.95m )
One minute video on a Samsung YP-T9(1/ 4) (0.07m )
Music video on a Samsung YP-T9 (5 minutes)(1/20) (0.33m )
3D Point (float * 3 = 12 bytes)65536.0x
3D Vector (THIS CHANGED: float * 6 = 24 bytes)32768.0x
3D game, uproute (2 vectors {movement & aim} + 4 byte status, 52 bytes per framed-action)15123.7x
3D game, uproute (above, 10fps), 52 x 10 Bytes/sec1512.4x
3D game, downroute, 16 players visible ( 16 x (2Vctr + 4B status)) 772 bytes per framed-action (10x = 10fps)1018.7x
3D game, downroute, 64 players visible ( 64 x (2Vctr + 4B status)) 3076 bytes per framed-action (10x = 10fps)255.7x
3D game, minimum game server uproute/downroute bandwidth, 16 players, per framed-action (10x = 10fps)63.7x
3D game, maximum game server uproute/downroute bandwidth, 64 players, per framed-action (10x = 10fps) 4.0x
A Second of RAW 720x480 Video (1:1)(1/40) (0.66m )
A Second of MJPEG Compressed 720x480 Video (1:10)(1/ 4) (0.07m )
A Second of MPEG-4 Compressed 720x480 Video (1:100) 2.5x
A Second of RAW 1920x1080 Video (1:1)(1/475) (7.91m )
A Second of MJPEG Compressed 1920x1080 (1:10)(1/47) (0.79m )
A Second of MPEG-4 Compressed 1920x1080 (1:100)(1/ 5) (0.08m )
A Second of RAW CD-Quality sound (mono) 8.9x
A Second of RAW CD-Quality sound (stereo) 4.5x
A Second of Low Quality MP3 Audio (80Kbps)76.8x
A Second of Medium Quality MP3 Audio (160Kbps)38.4x
A Second of High Quality MP3 Audio (320Kbps)19.2x
Data Rate Versus Other Transfer Rates (Your Rate: ~6144 Kilobits/sec)
Data Rates (In Kilobits/sec, an eigth of a Kilobyte/sec)How Many Times Faster or of What Fraction
56Kbps Modem DOWN 56kbps (note, 10 bits per byte, 2 bits stop/start, 44.8 Kbps effective)137.1x
56Kbps Modem UP 33.6kbps (limited by FCC, 10 bits per byte, 26.88 Kbps effective)228.6x
ISDN 64 Kbps96.0x
dual ISDN 128 Kbps48.0x
DSL 254 Kbps24.2x
DSL 600 Kbps10.2x
Verizon EV-DO (worst) 400 Kbps15.4x
Verizon EV-DO (medium) 700 Kbps 8.8x
Verizon EV-DO (best) 2 Mbps 3.1x
$10 DSL Due to AT&T/BellSouth Merger 768Kbps/128 Kbps (d/u) (FIND DEAL HERE) 8.0x
1 Mbps 6.1x
3 Mbps 2.0x
6 Mbps 1.0x
Verizon fiber down(1/ 2)
Verizon fiber up 1.2x
T1 4.0x
T3(1/ 7)
Internet Service in Japan (Rumor)(1/10)
OC-3(1/24)
OC-12(1/98)
OC-48(1/405)
OC-1536 80 Gbps(1/13021)

Up-route speeds in terms of media:
Media Transfer Rates (Your Rate: ~75 Kilobytes/sec)
UnitsUnits or Fractions of a Unit Transferred Per Second
Words (5 chars, text)15360.0x
Sentence (32 chars, text)2400.0x
Full Page (text)14.5x
Floppy Disk(1/20) (0.33m )
CD (Compact Disk)(1/9557) (159.29m )
DVD (Digital Video Disk)(1/65711) (1095.18m )
One minute video on a Samsung YP-T9(1/41) (0.68m )
Music video on a Samsung YP-T9 (5 minutes)(1/205) (3.41m )
3D Point (float * 3 = 12 bytes)6400.0x
3D Vector (THIS CHANGED: float * 6 = 24 bytes)3200.0x
3D game, uproute (2 vectors {movement & aim} + 4 byte status, 52 bytes per framed-action)1476.9x
3D game, uproute (above, 10fps), 52 x 10 Bytes/sec147.7x
3D game, downroute, 16 players visible ( 16 x (2Vctr + 4B status)) 772 bytes per framed-action (10x = 10fps)99.5x
3D game, downroute, 64 players visible ( 64 x (2Vctr + 4B status)) 3076 bytes per framed-action (10x = 10fps)25.0x
3D game, minimum game server uproute/downroute bandwidth, 16 players, per framed-action (10x = 10fps) 6.2x
3D game, maximum game server uproute/downroute bandwidth, 64 players, per framed-action (10x = 10fps)(1/ 3) (0.04m )
A Second of RAW 720x480 Video (1:1)(1/405) (6.75m )
A Second of MJPEG Compressed 720x480 Video (1:10)(1/41) (0.68m )
A Second of MPEG-4 Compressed 720x480 Video (1:100)(1/ 4) (0.07m )
A Second of RAW 1920x1080 Video (1:1)(1/4860) (81.00m )
A Second of MJPEG Compressed 1920x1080 (1:10)(1/486) (8.10m )
A Second of MPEG-4 Compressed 1920x1080 (1:100)(1/49) (0.81m )
A Second of RAW CD-Quality sound (mono)(1/ 1) (0.02m )
A Second of RAW CD-Quality sound (stereo)(1/ 2) (0.04m )
A Second of Low Quality MP3 Audio (80Kbps) 7.5x
A Second of Medium Quality MP3 Audio (160Kbps) 3.8x
A Second of High Quality MP3 Audio (320Kbps) 1.9x
Data Rate Versus Other Transfer Rates (Your Rate: ~600 Kilobits/sec)
Data Rates (In Kilobits/sec, an eigth of a Kilobyte/sec)How Many Times Faster or of What Fraction
56Kbps Modem DOWN 56kbps (note, 10 bits per byte, 2 bits stop/start, 44.8 Kbps effective)13.4x
56Kbps Modem UP 33.6kbps (limited by FCC, 10 bits per byte, 26.88 Kbps effective)22.3x
ISDN 64 Kbps 9.4x
dual ISDN 128 Kbps 4.7x
DSL 254 Kbps 2.4x
DSL 600 Kbps 1.0x
Verizon EV-DO (worst) 400 Kbps 1.5x
Verizon EV-DO (medium) 700 Kbps(1/ 1)
Verizon EV-DO (best) 2 Mbps(1/ 3)
$10 DSL Due to AT&T/BellSouth Merger 768Kbps/128 Kbps (d/u) (FIND DEAL HERE)(1/ 1)
1 Mbps(1/ 2)
3 Mbps(1/ 5)
6 Mbps(1/10)
Verizon fiber down(1/25)
Verizon fiber up(1/ 8)
T1(1/ 3)
T3(1/75)
Internet Service in Japan (Rumor)(1/102)
OC-3(1/251)
OC-12(1/1002)
OC-48(1/4147)
OC-1536 80 Gbps(1/133333)