Re: [GnomeMeeting-list] Bandwidth limitations in GM

[Malcolm Caldwell <malcolm caldwell ntu edu au>]

On Thu, 2004-06-17 at 22:17, Damien Sandras wrote:
> Le jeu, 17/06/2004 �2:14 +0930, Malcolm Caldwell a �it :
> > On Thu, 2004-06-17 at 20:10, Damien Sandras wrote:
> > > Le jeu, 17/06/2004 �0:36 +1000, Craig Southeren a �it :
> > > > > 
> > > > > The measure is in kbytes/s => 100 kB/s is the max.
> > > > > 
> > > > > I also thought it was a pretty high bandwidth for the current codecs.
> > > > 
> > > > Not for a video codec, if used with G.711. Given that G.711 takes 64kbps,
> > > > that leaves on 36kbps for video. 
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > Nope, it leave 736 kbps for video. 
> > 
> > Using kBps instead of kbps is a bit strange.  Bits per second is more
> > normal in this type of scenario.
> > 
> > This is consistent across gm.  The graphs etc.  They have the added
> > problem of not even telling you what the units are.
> > 
> > Really, I have a 128Kbps link at home, people have 64/256Kbps ADSL
> > lines.  Bytes per second does not help at all for people trying to
> > manage their connections.
> > 
> 
> 
> I agree with you, but you are a power user. I think most users do not
> know the difference between kbps and kBps. I also think it is most
> intuitive to use kBps because people are used to see their upload and
> download speeds in other software and it is *never* expressed in kpbs. 

Perhaps download speeds in bytes makes sense.  You have a 1 M Byte file
and you want to have an idea how long it will take.

For video conferencing it does not make sense to use bytes.  (IMHO of
course)

> You can see mozilla, gkrellm, wget, ftp, all using kBps.