Juha Saarinen wrote:
>
> %-> One byte is 8 bits, therefore:
> %-> 56 kbit/s = 56/8 kbyte/s = 7 kbyte/s
>
> You would normally have a start/stop bit with serial modems,
> so dividing by 9 instead is a better approximation (~6.2KBps).
>

Yes, and even with leased line, ISDN or Jetstream (or ethernet, for that
matter) you will have framing overhead and IP header/checksum.

Plus, depending on the characteristics of your traffic and such things as
MTU size settings, you can have a certain amount of wastage.

Rob

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Received on Mon Dec 11 10:36:19 2000