[comp.sys.mac.misc] Bandwidth Answer

nwc1@quads.uchicago.edu (einsturzende neubaten) (01/26/91)

From: francis@zaphod.uchicago.edu:

Bandwidth is a measure of how much information is being sent.  The net
has limited resources, of course; this is often stated as limited
bandwidth (limited K/day, or something).  Another interpretation is
that most site-to-site links apparently cost money to run, like a
phone line.  (Don't really understand this myself, since [I think]
most of the Internet is based on leased phone lines, which shouldn't
[reasonably] be charged by volume.  But, then, there are lots of
people on Usenet that aren't connected by Internet.)

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