Figure 7-1: Wide Area Networks WANS) WANs are characterized by high cost and low Speeds High cost per bit transmitted compared to LaNs Consequently, lower speeds(most commonly 128 kbps to a few megabits per second) This speed usually is aggregate throughput shared by many users Much slower than LAN speeds (100 Mbps to 1 Gbps to the desktop 7-57-5 Figure 7-1: Wide Area Networks (WANs) • WANs are Characterized by High Cost and Low Speeds – High cost per bit transmitted compared to LANs – Consequently, lower speeds (most commonly 128 kbps to a few megabits per second) • This speed usually is aggregate throughput shared by many users – Much slower than LAN speeds (100 Mbps to 1 Gbps to the desktop)