On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 3:58 PM, Henning Rogge <[email protected]>wrote:

> On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 8:11 PM, Juliusz Chroboczek
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Please use "throughput" rather than "bandwidth".  The latter has
> > a precise technical meaning.
>
> I agree... as soon as you meet someone specialized in radio
> technology, Bandwidth will be something measured in Hertz.
>

I'm happy with that correction and will try to do likewise when I write
other items.

We have to get away from conflating "speed", with throughput or bandwidth,
however: that is where we've gone wrong in the past.

Speed is how "fast" something is for a user; for most applications, latency
rather than throughput dominates performance in today's Internet.  Unless
all you care about is downloading your next episode of "Game of Thrones"
;-)....
                                        - Jim


>
> Henning Rogge
>
>
> --
> We began as wanderers, and we are wanderers still. We have lingered
> long enough on the shores of the cosmic ocean. We are ready at last to
> set sail for the stars - Carl Sagan
>
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