Comments on: Bell releases staggering Vancouver Olympics wireless stats http://mobilesyrup.com/2010/03/01/bell-releases-staggering-vancouver-olympics-wireless-stats/ Canadian Mobile Phone News & Reviews - Cell phones and Accessories Sat, 26 May 2012 02:00:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Chris http://mobilesyrup.com/2010/03/01/bell-releases-staggering-vancouver-olympics-wireless-stats/#comment-41858 Chris Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:49:10 +0000 http://mobilesyrup.com/?p=18610#comment-41858 4.9 petabytes over 17 days sounds perfectly reasonable to me. Don't forget those are NOT wireless numbers. It'd be nice to have a source for these (a cursory search of my own turned up nothing). But busting out good 'ol calc.exe gets me to about 3.3 gigabytes per second (or 26.6 gigabits per second) average for the period. A little more digging found the press-release on the BCE site: http://bce.ca/en/news/releases/bm/2010/03/01/75406.html At any rate, 4.9 petabytes isn't unreasonable. Regardless, I've mailed the PR flak and asked him to check his numbers. It's all trivial, but I'm curious about these things. 4.9 petabytes over 17 days sounds perfectly reasonable to me. Don’t forget those are NOT wireless numbers.

It’d be nice to have a source for these (a cursory search of my own turned up nothing). But busting out good ‘ol calc.exe gets me to about 3.3 gigabytes per second (or 26.6 gigabits per second) average for the period.

A little more digging found the press-release on the BCE site:

http://bce.ca/en/news/releases/bm/2010/03/01/75406.html

At any rate, 4.9 petabytes isn’t unreasonable. Regardless, I’ve mailed the PR flak and asked him to check his numbers. It’s all trivial, but I’m curious about these things.

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]]> By: Larry http://mobilesyrup.com/2010/03/01/bell-releases-staggering-vancouver-olympics-wireless-stats/#comment-41813 Larry Tue, 02 Mar 2010 08:35:06 +0000 http://mobilesyrup.com/?p=18610#comment-41813 That's it? 5GB of data? I guess not alot of people were streaming to watch it. Someone inform me what was counted.. 24 billion bps: I'm betting it's probably a 2.5G SONET connection somewhere. I don't think record breaking. Expected to break maybe, but not exciting news. 10Gb/s would be more exciting, due to equipment required. That’s it? 5GB of data? I guess not alot of people were streaming to watch it. Someone inform me what was counted..

24 billion bps: I’m betting it’s probably a 2.5G SONET connection somewhere. I don’t think record breaking. Expected to break maybe, but not exciting news. 10Gb/s would be more exciting, due to equipment required.

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]]> By: peacenik http://mobilesyrup.com/2010/03/01/bell-releases-staggering-vancouver-olympics-wireless-stats/#comment-41810 peacenik Tue, 02 Mar 2010 07:28:34 +0000 http://mobilesyrup.com/?p=18610#comment-41810 Today just got better... for who?? Bell's shareholders? Today just got better… for who?? Bell’s shareholders?

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]]> By: Jonathan E. http://mobilesyrup.com/2010/03/01/bell-releases-staggering-vancouver-olympics-wireless-stats/#comment-41807 Jonathan E. Tue, 02 Mar 2010 06:13:21 +0000 http://mobilesyrup.com/?p=18610#comment-41807 4.9 GB just doesn't sound like a whole lot... especially next to those other numbers. 4.9 GB just doesn’t sound like a whole lot… especially next to those other numbers.

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]]> By: Tom Cochrane http://mobilesyrup.com/2010/03/01/bell-releases-staggering-vancouver-olympics-wireless-stats/#comment-41795 Tom Cochrane Tue, 02 Mar 2010 04:16:08 +0000 http://mobilesyrup.com/?p=18610#comment-41795 @Lexcyn - Maybe 4.9 billion kilobytes? That would be about 4.9 terabytes, right? More probable. @Lexcyn – Maybe 4.9 billion kilobytes? That would be about 4.9 terabytes, right? More probable.

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]]> By: Lexcyn http://mobilesyrup.com/2010/03/01/bell-releases-staggering-vancouver-olympics-wireless-stats/#comment-41788 Lexcyn Tue, 02 Mar 2010 03:01:07 +0000 http://mobilesyrup.com/?p=18610#comment-41788 @Jonathan E - 4.9 billion megabytes would be 4.9 petabytes, which seems highly unlikely. @Jonathan E – 4.9 billion megabytes would be 4.9 petabytes, which seems highly unlikely.

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]]> By: Lexcyn http://mobilesyrup.com/2010/03/01/bell-releases-staggering-vancouver-olympics-wireless-stats/#comment-41786 Lexcyn Tue, 02 Mar 2010 03:00:01 +0000 http://mobilesyrup.com/?p=18610#comment-41786 Let me convert some of this for you to REAL WORLD numbers: 4.9 billion bytes = 4.9 GB 30 million megabytes = 30 TB 24 billion bps = 3 GB/s 300 billion bps = 37.5 GB/s Let me convert some of this for you to REAL WORLD numbers:

4.9 billion bytes = 4.9 GB
30 million megabytes = 30 TB
24 billion bps = 3 GB/s
300 billion bps = 37.5 GB/s

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]]> By: Jonathan E. http://mobilesyrup.com/2010/03/01/bell-releases-staggering-vancouver-olympics-wireless-stats/#comment-41785 Jonathan E. Tue, 02 Mar 2010 02:51:30 +0000 http://mobilesyrup.com/?p=18610#comment-41785 4.9 bilion bytes doesn*'t seem that impressive. Isn't that just 4.9 GB? Maybe they mean 4.9 billion MB? 4.9 bilion bytes doesn*’t seem that impressive. Isn’t that just 4.9 GB? Maybe they mean 4.9 billion MB?

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