Re: Configure.help editorial policy

Kai Henningsen (kaih@khms.westfalen.de)
27 Dec 2001 12:35:00 +0200


jeffm@iglou.com (Jeff Mcadams) wrote on 21.12.01 in <20011221180354.A10001@iglou.com>:

> Also sprach Oliver Xymoron
> >Not true. Bandwidth is measured in metric.
>
> If by this you mean that in networking, a megabit per second is equal to
> 1000^2, or a gigabit per second is 1000^3, then my response consists of:
>
> Uhm, no.

Well, 64 kBit/s is certainly equal to 64000 bits per second. (That's
ISDN.)

And from a quick look through Google, Ethernet - in 10M, 100M, and G
variants at least - also uses decimal powers.

So I'd say that's "Uhm, yes".

MfG Kai
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