Table 5-3
Highest institutional connection speed to commodity Internet (Internet1), by type of institution: FY 2003 and 2004
(Percent distribution)
 
Type of institution Number of
connections
T1/DS1
(1.5 mb)
T3/DS3
(45 mb)
OC-3
(155 mb)
OC-12
(622 mb)
1 gb OC-48
(2.4 gb)
Other
FY 2003                
All academic 424 9 36 29 4 11 1 10
Doctorate granting 301 6 29 32 6 14 1 12
Nondoctorate granting 123 15 54 20 2 2 1 7
FY 2004 (estimated)                
All academic 420 5 33 26 6 16 1 13
Doctorate granting 299 5 25 28 7 20 1 14
Nondoctorate granting 121 7 51 22 3 7 1 9
 

mb = megabits/second; gb = gigabits/second

NOTES: Some institutions reported connection speeds in category "other." Detail may not add to total because of rounding or absence of commodity Internet (Internet1) connection.

SOURCE: National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resources Statistics, Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities, Fiscal Year 2003.

 
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