[c-nsp] Tool to Calculate Rate Limits

[David Freedman]

Smales, Robert wrote:
> 
>> 1 mbps = 1000000 bps, no?
> 
> Arguably, but if you were a customer you could argue that 1M is 1024 x 1024, so I compromise at 1000 x 1024 :-)
> 

One could also argue RFC 1594:

"Kb      Kilobit
        10^3 bits of information (usually used to express a
        data transfer rate; as in, 1 kilobit/second = 1Kbps = 1Kb).
"

Dave.


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David Freedman
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