[Gllug] Calculating 'real' bandwidth

[Dylan]

On Tuesday 13 March 2007, Jason Clifford wrote:
>
> The maximum sync rate is 8128kb/s. This however is the ATM rate and not
> the usable rate which is about 12.5% lower at 7.1Mb - this is the maximum
> IP rate and you then need to allow a little more overhead

Am I right in assuming they are binary kb/s and Mb, rather than decimal? I can 
work out the IP overhead, and then just round it down a bit - that should 
satisfy him. He'll at least have a number in his head. Of course, he still 
doesn't quite understand that the actual speed at any moment is highly 
variable.

> for specific 
> protocols being used before you can get an accurate maximum data
> throughput rate and that is dependant upon which protocol.

Trying to explain that to him would be like explaining quantum mechanics to a 
puppy, unfortunately. ;)

Thanks for the figures above tho, they will help a lot.

Dylan

>
> Jason


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