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Article #1244Re: International Link Upgraded to 512K
From: Rollo.Ross
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1992 12:27
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1992 12:27
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In article <phil.697769632@adam.adelaide.edu.au>, phil@adam.adelaide.edu.au
(Phil Kernick) writes:
> A little statistical work, shows that [...] we have a doubling time of about
> 6.618 months, and indicates that we will probably need a 1Mb/s link to the US
> in the middle of July this year, and a 2Mb/s link in February 1993.
And in the other direction? When was our apparent rate 1 bit/sec? :-)
Similar analysis of disk space requirements at this site shows a
growth of 50% per annum (maintained over some 15 years). Our "prototypical
bit" sprang into existence in the early 1930s. Please don't ask how we stored
our 1.5 bits in the following year!
--
Rollo Ross, Network Manager (CLW campuses)
Computer Centre, University of South Australia, The Levels, SA 5095, Australia
Ph +61 8 302 3158 Fax 302 3385 DTE 505282622004 Rollo.Ross@Levels.UniSA.Edu.Au
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10d2f7,1a2ba20bb44b4f57 X-Google-Attributes: gid10d2f7,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1992-02-12 03:21:05 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!munnari.oz.au!yoyo.aarnet.edu.au!sirius.ucs.adelaide.edu.au!levels!ccajr From: Rollo.Ross@levels.unisa.edu.au Newsgroups: aus.aarnet Subject: Re: International Link Upgraded to 512K Message-ID: <17077.299854c6@levels.unisa.edu.au> Date: 11 Feb 92 12:27:08 GMT References: <1992Feb5.013608.28339@newshost.anu.edu.au> <1992Feb5.023926.29099@newshost.anu.edu.au> <phil.697769632@adam.adelaide.edu.au> Organization: University of South Australia Lines: 18