New to ADSL broadband, what does 'bitstream' mean?

Having fairly recently joined NTL (512k) broadband, I was told by a BT
engineer that came to remove some RFI filters from my BT line, that, my
(broadband) 'connection' in the exchange was 'bitstream' he seems to
indicate this was good?

My actual connection speed is 2.2mps, but apparently BT cap this to 512k,
which is what I pay for, it certainly seems to be lightening fast, mind you,
compared to 33k dial up, I suppose it would!

Has anyone come across this 'bitsteam' term? The BT engineer said 'it's
bitstream and goes straight out??

No sure what he meant?


Brian Barwick (Huddersfield)

Horse.trader wrote:
> Having fairly recently joined NTL (512k) broadband, I was told by a BT
> engineer that came to remove some RFI filters from my BT line, that,
> my (broadband) 'connection' in the exchange was 'bitstream' he seems
> to indicate this was good?
>
> My actual connection speed is 2.2mps, but apparently BT cap this to
> 512k, which is what I pay for, it certainly seems to be lightening
> fast, mind you, compared to 33k dial up, I suppose it would!
>
> Has anyone come across this 'bitsteam' term? The BT engineer said
> 'it's bitstream and goes straight out??
>
> No sure what he meant?

Don't think he did either.

"Horse.trader" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
newsAhwe.10212$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Having fairly recently joined NTL (512k) broadband, I was told by a BT
> engineer that came to remove some RFI filters from my BT line, that, my
> (broadband) 'connection' in the exchange was 'bitstream' he seems to
> indicate this was good?
>
> My actual connection speed is 2.2mps, but apparently BT cap this to 512k,
> which is what I pay for, it certainly seems to be lightening fast, mind
> you, compared to 33k dial up, I suppose it would!
>
> Has anyone come across this 'bitsteam' term? The BT engineer said 'it's
> bitstream and goes straight out??
>
> No sure what he meant?
>
>
> Brian Barwick (Huddersfield)
>
bitstream is a term that applies to "packet writing"
"bit" is an abbreviation: binary digit.
Stream to denote as a packet
So to simply explain, when you see the terms 8bit, 32bit
or more commonly 24bit in DVD encoding, or the bit code
for your broadband connection.
Bitstreams are used extensively in telecommunications and computing.
example, the SDH communications technology transports synchronous
bitstreams,
and the TCP communications protocol transports a bytestream without
synchronous timing.
Note the diff spelling of bytestream, this denotes a special "packet" of
8bit, (8 binary digits
streamed as a "packet") so 3 bytestream is actually 24 bitstream as 3xpacket
stream -
but the timing is only synchronous within each packet.
If to be sychronus total, it will be a 24bitstream.
Now put the kettle on and have a cuppa tea.

On Tue, 28 Jun 2005 19:31:32 GMT, "Horse.trader"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>No sure what he meant?

he meant Datastream if you are NTHell


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Horse.trader said:

> Having fairly recently joined NTL (512k) broadband, I was told by a BT
> engineer that came to remove some RFI filters from my BT line, that, my
> (broadband) 'connection' in the exchange was 'bitstream' he seems to
> indicate this was good?
>
> My actual connection speed is 2.2mps, but apparently BT cap this to 512k,
> which is what I pay for, it certainly seems to be lightening fast, mind you,
> compared to 33k dial up, I suppose it would!
>
> Has anyone come across this 'bitsteam' term? The BT engineer said 'it's
> bitstream and goes straight out??
>
> No sure what he meant?
>
>
> Brian Barwick (Huddersfield)

I thought you could have IP or DATA -stream in the UK.

The VP speed of 2.2 makes me think you have a data stream connection.

L.

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filthy <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote on Tue, 28 Jun 2005 20:36:23 +0000 (UTC):
>
> "Horse.trader" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> newsAhwe.10212$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Having fairly recently joined NTL (512k) broadband, I was told by a BT
>> engineer that came to remove some RFI filters from my BT line, that, my
>> (broadband) 'connection' in the exchange was 'bitstream' he seems to
>> indicate this was good?
>>
>> My actual connection speed is 2.2mps, but apparently BT cap this to 512k,
>> which is what I pay for, it certainly seems to be lightening fast, mind
>> you, compared to 33k dial up, I suppose it would!
>>
>> Has anyone come across this 'bitsteam' term? The BT engineer said 'it's
>> bitstream and goes straight out??
>>
>> No sure what he meant?
>>
>>
>> Brian Barwick (Huddersfield)
>>
> bitstream is a term that applies to "packet writing"
> "bit" is an abbreviation: binary digit.
> Stream to denote as a packet
> So to simply explain, when you see the terms 8bit, 32bit
> or more commonly 24bit in DVD encoding, or the bit code
> for your broadband connection.
> Bitstreams are used extensively in telecommunications and computing.
> example, the SDH communications technology transports synchronous
> bitstreams,
> and the TCP communications protocol transports a bytestream without
> synchronous timing.
> Note the diff spelling of bytestream, this denotes a special "packet" of
> 8bit, (8 binary digits
> streamed as a "packet") so 3 bytestream is actually 24 bitstream as 3xpacket
> stream -
> but the timing is only synchronous within each packet.
> If to be sychronus total, it will be a 24bitstream.
> Now put the kettle on and have a cuppa tea.

You may (or may not, I'm not entirely convinced, but I can't figure
out why) be right. However, I think the engineer in question was
just confused about IPstream vs datastream.

--
David Taylor

David Taylor wrote:
> filthy <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote on Tue, 28 Jun 2005 20:36:23
> +0000 (UTC):
>>
>> "Horse.trader" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> newsAhwe.10212$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> Having fairly recently joined NTL (512k) broadband, I was told by a
>>> BT engineer that came to remove some RFI filters from my BT line,
>>> that, my (broadband) 'connection' in the exchange was 'bitstream'
>>> he seems to indicate this was good?
>>>
>>> My actual connection speed is 2.2mps, but apparently BT cap this to
>>> 512k, which is what I pay for, it certainly seems to be lightening
>>> fast, mind you, compared to 33k dial up, I suppose it would!
>>>
>>> Has anyone come across this 'bitsteam' term? The BT engineer said
>>> 'it's bitstream and goes straight out??
>>>
>>> No sure what he meant?
>>>
>>>
>>> Brian Barwick (Huddersfield)
>>>
>> bitstream is a term that applies to "packet writing"
>> "bit" is an abbreviation: binary digit.
>> Stream to denote as a packet
>> So to simply explain, when you see the terms 8bit, 32bit
>> or more commonly 24bit in DVD encoding, or the bit code
>> for your broadband connection.
>> Bitstreams are used extensively in telecommunications and computing.
>> example, the SDH communications technology transports synchronous
>> bitstreams,
>> and the TCP communications protocol transports a bytestream without
>> synchronous timing.
>> Note the diff spelling of bytestream, this denotes a special
>> "packet" of 8bit, (8 binary digits
>> streamed as a "packet") so 3 bytestream is actually 24 bitstream as
>> 3xpacket stream -
>> but the timing is only synchronous within each packet.
>> If to be sychronus total, it will be a 24bitstream.
>> Now put the kettle on and have a cuppa tea.
>
> You may (or may not, I'm not entirely convinced, but I can't figure
> out why) be right. However, I think the engineer in question was
> just confused about IPstream vs datastream.

Now that is far more likely...

"kraftee" <kraftee@spamoff&die> wrote in message
news:42c1c6d0$0$30832$(E-Mail Removed)...
> David Taylor wrote:
>> filthy <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote on Tue, 28 Jun 2005 20:36:23
>> +0000 (UTC):
>>>
>>> "Horse.trader" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>> newsAhwe.10212$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>> Having fairly recently joined NTL (512k) broadband, I was told by a
>>>> BT engineer that came to remove some RFI filters from my BT line,
>>>> that, my (broadband) 'connection' in the exchange was 'bitstream'
>>>> he seems to indicate this was good?
>>>>
>>>> My actual connection speed is 2.2mps, but apparently BT cap this to
>>>> 512k, which is what I pay for, it certainly seems to be lightening
>>>> fast, mind you, compared to 33k dial up, I suppose it would!
>>>>
>>>> Has anyone come across this 'bitsteam' term? The BT engineer said
>>>> 'it's bitstream and goes straight out??
>>>>
>>>> No sure what he meant?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Brian Barwick (Huddersfield)
>>>>
>>> bitstream is a term that applies to "packet writing"
>>> "bit" is an abbreviation: binary digit.
>>> Stream to denote as a packet
>>> So to simply explain, when you see the terms 8bit, 32bit
>>> or more commonly 24bit in DVD encoding, or the bit code
>>> for your broadband connection.
>>> Bitstreams are used extensively in telecommunications and computing.
>>> example, the SDH communications technology transports synchronous
>>> bitstreams,
>>> and the TCP communications protocol transports a bytestream without
>>> synchronous timing.
>>> Note the diff spelling of bytestream, this denotes a special
>>> "packet" of 8bit, (8 binary digits
>>> streamed as a "packet") so 3 bytestream is actually 24 bitstream as
>>> 3xpacket stream -
>>> but the timing is only synchronous within each packet.
>>> If to be sychronus total, it will be a 24bitstream.
>>> Now put the kettle on and have a cuppa tea.
>>
>> You may (or may not, I'm not entirely convinced, but I can't figure
>> out why) be right. However, I think the engineer in question was
>> just confused about IPstream vs datastream.
>
> Now that is far more likely...
> .................................................. ...................................
> Thank you gentelmen for the replies.

I understand a little more now, it is probably datastream I have.

Thanks again


Brian (Huddersfield)