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"Jane Carnall" wrote
>
> The SME sent me some information about the SM he's E of:
>
> On 2G networks, a "large" amount of data is 10s of K.
>
> I know exactly what he means: over 2G networks, transferring even 50K of
> data can take 40 seconds - a noticeable amount of time for you to sit
> watching your mobile phone. But I knew that before I read the line
above,
> which is why I understand what he means - I think.
Network throughput is typically described in terms of rate. The standard
is some form of bits per second - 56 Kbps (kilobits per second), 100 Mbps
(Megabits per second).
It would make more sense to say something like, "2G networks operate at an
average of 9.6 Kbps. Thus a 50K file would take approximately 40 seconds
to transfer, depending on the network load."
Andrew Plato
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