Re: [NTISP] Conversion from Bit to byte

David Payer ( (no email) )
Fri, 5 May 2000 13:34:09 -0500

> Actually, due to the nearly uniform rule that 20% of your bandwidth is
> overhead, you can divide the bit rate by 10 to get a byte rate.
>
> Also, don't count on that amount... it's just the capacity...
> Queuing theory holds that you will never maintain 100% use of any service
> capacity... Once you get past about 50% of your available capacity, you
will
> begin to experience delays, beyond 80% these delays become excessive...
> beyond 90%... almost impossible.
>
> Hope this helps,

And furthermore, 50% of all statistics are accurate.

David Payer

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