Sean: Don't forget that the data speed != line speed. A line will only carry about 70% of the line speed as data because of packet overheads. Neil -- Neil Aggarwal, (832)245-7314, www.JAMMConsulting.com Eliminate junk email and reclaim your inbox. Visit http://www.spammilter.com for details. > -----Original Message----- > From: centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sean Carolan > Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 3:47 PM > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: Check my math please > > Ok this is kind of a goofy question but I want to make sure I get it > right. Suppose we have a 25 mb video, that is 117 seconds long. If we > wish for this streaming video to play smoothly with no compression, > buffering or skipping, the following bandwidth requirements must be > met: > > 25 megabytes = 204800 kilobits. > > 204800 kb / 117 seconds ~ 1750kb/s > > Does that look right to you? > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos