| Cable | Typic Bandwidths and Distances |
| Catergory 5 twisted pair | 10-100Mbps, 100 m |
|
50-ohm coax (ThinNet) |
10-100Mbps, 200 m |
| 75-ohm coax (ThickNet) | 10-100Mbps, 500 m |
| Multimode fiber | 100 Mbps, 2 km |
| Single-mode filber | 100-2400Mbps, 40km |
Stallings, William (1988). Data and Computer Communications New York: MacMillan Publishing Co.