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To: deeno who wrote (18082)	12/20/1999 10:29:00 PM
From: Frank A. Coluccio	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 29970

Deeno, thanks for that cc account. "(This does not include the data coming from local caching, which is about half of what users receive.) That is already faster than the rate most narrowband networks, with many times more customers that @Home, can move data. By the end of 2000, @Home estimates that it will be moving 13 million gigabits per second." Very interesting. Reading that last part leaves me very leery about what was stated throughout the the rest of the account. Assuming that there were 50 Million users on ATHM by then (way over reasonable expectations, but let's just say), this data tells me that each user will be sopping up about a 250 Mb/sec. An NTSC channel handles about 30 Mb/s, max, with no contention on it. Lucky to get 2 Meg with normal throttles set. How are they fitting 250 Mb/s over each user's 30 Mb/sec sometimes less than 2 Mb/sec interface? I just love how these guys (not just ATHM, but all of them) come up with their aggregate throughput numbers.