Table 5-8
Bandwidth to commodity Internet (Internet1) and Abilene (Internet2) at academic institutions: FY 2005 and 2006
(Percent distribution)
 
Bandwidth   FY 2005   FY 2006
 
All bandwidth   100   100
<1.6 mb   2   1
1.6–9 mb   3   2
10 mb   1   *
11–45 mb   23   18
46–99 mb   16   13
100 mb   3   4
101–155 mb   9   10
156–622 mb   18   17
623–999 mb   3   4
1–2.5 gb   15   20
2.6–9 gb   4   5
10 gb   *   1
>10 gb   2   4
Other   *   *
Institutions (number)   449   449
 

* = >0 but <0.5%

gb = gigabits/second; mb = megabits/second

NOTES: Abilene is a high-performance backbone network that enables the development of advanced Internet applications and the deployment of leading-edge network services to member colleges, universities, and research laboratories across the country. Detail may not add to total because of rounding. FY 2006 data estimated.

SOURCE: National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resources Statistics, Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities, Fiscal Year 2005.

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