> Not having a go at you personally David, buy why is it that people
> talk about bandwidth when they mean data rate?  Bandwidth is
> measured in Hz.
>
> Martin

Frankly, I think that more people now-a-days relate to the word "bandwidt=
h"
better than a perhaps more technically correct term as "throughput" or
"on-air data rate".  I would have to say it's borderline slangish.

Interestingly enough, I see that others agree.  Take a look at
dictionary.com

http://www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl?term=3Dbandwidth


band=B7width
n.

The numerical difference between the upper and lower frequencies of a ban=
d
of electromagnetic radiation, especially an assigned range of radio
frequencies.
The amount of data that can be passed along a communications channel in a
given period of time.

Source: The American Heritage=AE Dictionary of the English Language, Thir=
d
Edition


-d

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