[LINK] Effective data rate

[Gordon Keith]

On Thu, 17 Feb 2011 03:00:55 PM Kim Holburn wrote:
> I was thinking the other day.  I have an 8Mb/s ADSL connection with a 30GB
>  data cap.
> 
> If I had a connection that ran full throttle for a month and got 30GB my
>  connection would be roughly effectively a data rate of 93Kb/s.
> 
> It's a pity we can't get ISPs to advertise the effective data rate of their
>  services.

A more meaningful observation is that you have 8 hr 20 min of download per 
month. 

The data rate you get when you are sitting at the computer is the most 
important to users so 8Mb/s is a fair description (if that is what you get).

Regards
Gordon