Date   : Thu, 09 Feb 2006 13:26:58 +0000 (GMT)
From   : Tim Fardell <tim.fardell@...>
Subject: Re: Grammar

On Thu, 9 Feb 2006, David Hunt wrote:

> > So your 1Mbps service actually gives you
> > more like 850Mbps of IP throughput.
> 
> Hehehehe, I would like 850Mbps, preferably not on ntl.

Blast! You know what I meant ;-)

> You also come across the same marketing spin when purchasing wireless
> equipment (WiFi/Bluetooth) where the bit rate given also includes the
> "management overhead" for error correction etc. this overhead accounts for
> over 50% of the bit rate.

Twas ever thus, though. Even the original 10Mbps Ethernet was Manchester 
encoded (I think), and the 10M referred to the symbol rate. 100Mbps 
Ethernet is a bit better because it's 4b5b encoded, but still misleading.