Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> >The reference is to the term Bandwidth. The context in which this is used is >wrong. > >Bandwidth has nothing to do with the length of a message. A message of 2 hour >length uses no more bandwidth, than a message of one second. > >Bandwidth has to do only with the actual speed a message is send. If a message >is send with a speed of 300 baud, then the bandwidth is less than >if a speed of >1200 baud is used. Horst, I always thought so about bandwith (the word implies it), but was to shy to ask for confirmation. Now I wonder if not some of the Leica-on-topic terms are used to impress/confuse us rather than to enlighten us. Chris - -- Christer Almqvist D-20255 Hamburg, Germany and/or F-50590 Regnéville-sur-Mer, France