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- From: jqj@nntp.uoregon.edu (JQ Johnson)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.cell-relay
- Subject: Re: Curious attitude ...
- Message-ID: <1992Jul31.021548.1674@nntp.uoregon.edu>
- Date: 31 Jul 92 02:15:48 GMT
- References: <12430@janice> <1992Jul30.074342.5506@dxcern.cern.ch> <12464@janice>
- Organization: University of Oregon Network Services
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- In article <12464@janice> grayt@Software.Mitel.COM (Tom Gray) writes:
- >Data traffic will be limited by the ability of the individual user
- >to type and read. How long will it take to read a file of
- >two million characters? How much voice traffic will be carried
- >in the same time at 32kb/s (or 16 or 8 but it is still the
- >same order of magnitude).
-
- Oh come on. Data traffic between the workstation on my desk and the file
- server downstairs is seldom text that I'm typing or reading. Give me
- a Gb/s connection at home to the worldwide information system and I
- guarantee you I can find ways to use saturate it most of the time.
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- JQ Johnson
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