# What's the fastest network? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 6, 2002, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-fastest-network/135559 "2002-11-06T15:27:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dunmurry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d2c977/32.png) [@Dunmurry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunmurry)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2002, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-fastest-network/135559/1 "2002-11-06T15:27:25Z")
It was [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=27736) that prompted me to ask this question. Now (November 2002) Is there a network which claims to be the world’s fastest? Who requires a fast network? Have any Dopers used a world leading network? What are your experiences of using advanced networks? Do hi-tech wide-area networks fail more often than conventional networks? I might as well start. I ran a speed test, and it said 219.5kbps, however it’s supposed to be [2Mbps](http://www.ja.net/documents/net_arch.html). However, according to [this slide](http://www.talisman.hw.ac.uk/tman-events/glasgow/slides_html/ritchie/tsld005.htm) it may be 10Mbps. Do a Google Search for SuperJANET + fast for relevant sites. Any other Dopers on very fast networks? ---
**Author:** ![Urban\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Urban\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urban_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2002, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-fastest-network/135559/2 "2002-11-06T16:11:39Z")
You can get ATM connections at 155mbps for WAN or even faster if you have OC-3 or above. Locally, I haven’t heard anything faster than Gigabit Ethernet in widespread use. You can of course run several of these in parallel for an increase in speed. OC ratings: OC-1 = 51.85 Mbps OC-3 = 155.52 Mbps OC-12 = 622.08 Mbps OC-24 = 1.244 Gbps OC-48 = 2.488 Gbps OC-192=9.952 Gbps