From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Feb 14 00:07:49 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id AAA22998 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 14 Feb 1996 00:07:49 -0800 (PST) Received: from sasami.jurai.net (root@sasami.jurai.net [205.218.122.51]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id AAA22989 for ; Wed, 14 Feb 1996 00:07:47 -0800 (PST) Received: (from winter@localhost) by sasami.jurai.net (8.6.12/8.6.9) id CAA00207; Wed, 14 Feb 1996 02:07:58 -0600 Date: Wed, 14 Feb 1996 02:07:58 -0600 (CST) From: "Matthew N. Dodd" X-Sender: winter@sasami To: 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. Nod. A long time to transfer lots of stuff. :) (FreeBSD 1.1.5.1 + XFree @ 9600 bps. That weeked was 15 minutes of typing separated by sevaral sleeping periods...) | Matthew N. Dodd | winter@jurai.net | http://www.jurai.net/~winter | | Technical Manager | mdodd@intersurf.net | http://www.intersurf.net | | InterSurf Online | "Welcome to the net Sir, would you like a handbasket?"|