Re: [cobalt-users] Re: Throttle Bandwidth

[Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 10:44 AM 1/30/00  Fathi Said wrote:

> If my calculations are correct.......
>
> 1 GB = 1024 MB = 8,388,608 kiloBIT per month (30 days) = ~3.24 kbit per
> second.

Here's how we figure (rounded slightly).

100 Kilobits/second Sustained Rate - 260 Gigabits/month (32 Gigabytes/month)

BUT:  Remember that it's a "sustained" rate.  Do you use all of your 
capacity at every moment?  We sure don't.  If we get over 30% to 40% of 
capacity, we need a larger pipe <smile>.  (Don't get the impression from 
this that our capacity is 100 Kilobits/second; it's much higher; we have 
multiple T-3s available to us for transit at any given time.  We do pay for 
it, though <smile>.

> Please be aware of the fact that 3.24 kbit is an awesome low speed limit.
> Consider that you get 56kbit (max) with an ordinary 08 / 15 modem, and you
> get the idea.....

You do get 56kbit from your (ordinary) modems?  No one in the US 
does.  Ever; it's above the legal rate.  "Normal" is more like 44 kbps.  On 
a good day <smile>.

Jeff

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