FRONTIERS IN BIOSCIENCE;
COMPUTER NOTES



The following table shows the legnth of time needed to transfer a 10 megabyte file using
various connections. The speed is shown in kilobytes per second (KBPS)

CONNECTION

SPEED

(KBPS)

DOWNLOAD TIME FOR A 10 MB FILE

(IN MINUTES)

33.6-KBPS Modem

33.6

50.77

56-kpbs Modem

56

30.46

ISDN

128

13.33

Satellite

400

4.26

Power lines

1000

1.22

Cable lines

1400

1.14

T1

1500

1.14

ADSL

6000

0.28