In high school, I was ranked at the 5th percentile in my state.  This was
based on my academic performance, and means that out of all the students
that I ranked with, I did better than 95% of them, and only 4% did better
than I.  

The same logic applies to this case.  Though you will be at the 95th
percentile.  FYI:  A T1 is about 1.5Mbps (million bits per second), you'd
be at the low end of a T1.




-- 
Marc Chung [mchung@asu.edu]
"I went to the woods because I wanted to live deliberately"


On Sat, 14 Oct 2000, Justin Wilson wrote:

> This is a purely information only seeking question, sales people please do
> not contact me unless you are answering the question.
> 
> UUnet/Worldcom is offering me a "Burstable T-1" where I only pay for "the
> amount of bandwidth that I use on a sustained basis (at the 95th
> percentile)". What I want to know is what exactly does that mean? Also what
> do they mean "at the 95th percentile".
> 
> Has anyone used this service before? Would this be benifical to us if we
> have a database driven site that averages around 5,000 hits a day?
> 
> -Justin
> justin@bigcity.nu
> 
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