From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Feb 12 10:21:06 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id KAA15856 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 12 Feb 1996 10:21:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.164]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id KAA15849 for ; Mon, 12 Feb 1996 10:20:54 -0800 (PST) Received: (from dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id KAA00659; Mon, 12 Feb 1996 10:16:37 -0800 Date: Mon, 12 Feb 1996 10:16:36 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Steve Prentice cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: odd question about data transfer/PPP In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk On Mon, 12 Feb 1996, Steve Prentice wrote: > > On Sun, 11 Feb 1996, Doug White wrote: > > > I'm just curious, but on a per day basis, how many Meg should > > > I be able to expect to transfer through a 14.4 modem using PPP? Considering > > > a continuous flow, we figure that probably about 4Meg/hr or 96Meg/day... > > > > I would say less, more 2 or 3 MB/hr. > > I would guess higher. An average cps rate for a 14.4 is around 1,500. And > a lot of the times, you'll get 1,600cps. This would add up to a little over > 5mb an hour. I think we can agree on one thing: your milege may vary :-) Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@gladstone.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major