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Thanks, really just curious if there was any impact moving from
the dead satellite to the new one. Might be extra steps for BMI to
transmit, or the new satellite might have capacity constraints since
many customers had to be switched, etc.
Tom T.
> From: JCrystal
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> Speed is not what you think it is. cbt and cme send out data at 9600
> baud as far as I know. Bandwidth on the other hand is the ability
> to process
> more data at once. 1 bit at 56k will get you just as fast at
> 9600. Also if
> the data is "compressed" you need a faster PC with more ram not
> faster data
> through put. BMI data is in a compressed format that is
> decompressed in the
> server. Kind of like a 56k modem. The point is if you want more data you
> had better buy a bigger PC with lots of ram or have a very
> efficient sever.
> Thanks Jeff
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