Listed below is the technology name followed by Maximum Throughput Speeds and it'sCommon Uses.
| Technology | Maximum Throughput Speeds | Common Uses |
| GSM mobile telephone services | 9.6 to 14.4 Kbps | Wireless technology used for personal and business mobile telephones |
| Regular telephone (POTS, for Plain Old Telephone Service) | Up to 56 Kbps | Home and small business access to an ISP using a modem |
| X.25 | 56 Kbps | Provides communication between mainframes and terminals |
| ISDN | 64 Kbps to 128 Kbps | Small to medium-size business access to an ISP |
| IDSL (ISDN Digital Subscriber Line | 128 Kbps | Home and small business access to an ISP |
| DSL Lite or G.Lite | Up to 384 Kbps upstream and up to 6Mbps downstream | Less expensive version of DSL |
| ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line) | 640 Kbps upstream and up to 6.1 Mbps downstream | Most bandwidth is from ISP to user |
| SDSL (Symmetric DSL) | 1.544 Mbps | Equal bandwidth in both directions |
| HDSL (High-bit-rate DSL) | Up to 3 Mbps | Equal bandwidth in both directions |
| Cable modem | 512 Kbps to 5 Mbps | Home or small business to ISP |
| VDSL (very-high-rate DSL) | Up to 55 Mbps over short distances | Future technology of DSL under development |
| 802.11b wireless | Up to 11 Mbps | Currently, most popular wireless |
| 802.11a wireless | Up to 54 Mbps | Shorter range then 802.11b, but faster |
| 802.11g wireless | Up to 54 Mbps | Compatible with 802.11b, but faster |
| Frame relay | 56 Kbps to 45 Mbps | Businesses that need to communicated internationally or across the country |
| Fractional T1 | N times 64 Kbps (where n is the number of channels or portions of a T1 leased | Companies expecting to grow into a T1 line, but not yet ready for a T1 |
| T1 | 1.544 Mbps | To connect large companies to branch offices or an ISP |
| Token Ring | 4 or 16 Mbps | Used for local network |
| Ethernet | 10 or 100 Mbps | Most popular technology for a local network |
| T3 | 45 Mbps | Large companies that require a lot of bandwidth and transmit extensive amounts of data |
| OC-1 | 52 Mbps | Base rate of transmission used by SONET and ATM. Multiples are called Optical Carrier levels (OCx). |
| FDDI | 100 Mbps | Supports network backbones from the 1980s and early 1990s; also used to connect LANs across multiple buildings |
| ATM | 25, 45, 155, or 622 Mbps | Large business networks and LAN backbones; uses different OC levels |
| OC-3 | 155 Mbps | Internet or large corporation backbone |
| Gigabit Ethernet | 1 Gbps | Latest Ethernet standard |
| OC-24 | 1.23 Gbps | Internet backbone, uses optical fiber |
| OC-256 | 13 Gbps | Major internet backbone, uses optical fiber |
| SONET (Synchronous Optical Network) | 52 Mbps to 20 Gbps | Major backbones make use of different OC levels |
[edit section]Ethernet cabling systems
| Cable systems | Speed | Cables and Connectors | Maximum Cable length |
| 10Base2 (ThinNet) | 10 Mbps | Coaxial uses a BNC connector | 185 meters or 607 feet |
| 10Base5 (ThickNet) | 10 Mbps | Coaxial uses an AUI 15-pin D-shaped connector | 500 meters or 1640 feet |
| 10BaseT and 100BaseT (twisted-pair) | 10 or 100 Mbps | UTP or STP uses an RJ-45 connector | 100 meters or 328 feet |
| 10BaseF, 10BaseFL, 100BaseFL, 100BaseFX, 1000BaseFX, or 1000BaseX (fiber-optic) | 10 Mbps, 100 Mbps, or 1 Gbps | Fiber-optic cable use an ST or SC fiber-optic connector | 500 meters up to 2 kilometers (6,562 feet) |
| 1000BaseT (Gigabit Ethernet) | 1 Gbps | Twisted pair cable with RJ-45 connectors or Fiber-optic | 100 meters or 328 feet |
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