EBD> Oversimplifying the model, this works out to ~500 kbps per EBD> US citizen. Allowing for burstiness, I offer 50 GB/mo EBD> transfer as conservative for said bandwidth level. off-list> My math shows ~500bps per US citizen: off-list> Assuming 150,000,000,000 bits and 280,000,000 citizens. Thanks to he who pointed out to me that I cannot correctly work exponents. D'oh! 500 bps and 50 MB/mo using correct math. (I should have questioned any figure that put me at below-average bandwidth usage...) Eddy -- Brotsman & Dreger, Inc. - EverQuick Internet Division Bandwidth, consulting, e-commerce, hosting, and network building Phone: +1 (785) 865-5885 Lawrence and [inter]national Phone: +1 (316) 794-8922 Wichita ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 11:23:58 +0000 (GMT) From: A Trap <blacklist@brics.com> To: blacklist@brics.com Subject: Please ignore this portion of my mail signature. These last few lines are a trap for address-harvesting spambots. Do NOT send mail to <blacklist@brics.com>, or you are likely to be blocked.