2 Mbps = 2048kbps != 2000kbps

Dave

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Maths, its a skill for life!!

2Meg Connection usually means 2 Megabit

b is for bit

B is for Byte

Do not forget it!

Now for the rocket science maths!

2 Megabits = 2000Kbits/s

2000 / 8 = 250KiloBytes/Second

Assuming it is a Symetrical connection 2Mb Up 2Mb Down then you have
250KB
each way to play with.

How you want to split it is up to you!

If you want to support broadband users with properly optimised clients
you are
going to need 8-10KB/s per player

If you only want to allow dumb arse defaults for people in backwards
countries
who only have 56K modems and haven't joined the 21st century yet, then
you
only need about 3KB/s each way per player.

Does this help you?

You may of course choose anything you want in between or even outside of
those
ranges, but ask youself this, there are >50,000 Counter-Strike Servers
on the
planet, do we really need another poorly configured one?
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Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 12:21:56 -0500
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I'm thinking about going colo with my dual xeon.  It would be on a 2meg
connection.  The company doing the colo says this will easily accomodate
80
players in CS.  One of my friends thinks it will hold 30 people.  Could
I get
all of your opinions?
Thanx
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