s ▁which ▁is ▁ 9 5 . 6 7 ▁meg ab its ▁per ▁second ▁or ▁ 1 1 . 9 5 9 ▁meg aby tes ▁per ▁second . ▁ ▁Note ▁that ▁this ▁example ▁doesn ' t ▁consider ▁some ▁additional ▁E ther net ▁overhead , ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁inter frame ▁gap ▁( a ▁minimum ▁of ▁ 9 6 ▁bit ▁times ), ▁or ▁coll isions ▁( which ▁have ▁a ▁variable ▁impact , ▁depending ▁on ▁the ▁network ▁load ). ▁TCP ▁itself ▁also ▁adds ▁the ▁overhead ▁of ▁acknowled g ements ▁( which ▁along ▁with ▁the ▁round - tri p ▁delay ▁time ▁and ▁the ▁TCP ▁window ▁size ▁in ▁effect ▁will ▁rate - limit ▁each ▁individual ▁TCP ▁connection , ▁see ▁band width - delay ▁product ). ▁This ▁example ▁also ▁does ▁not ▁consider ▁the ▁overhead ▁of ▁the ▁HTTP ▁protocol ▁itself , ▁which ▁becomes ▁relevant ▁when ▁transfer ring ▁small ▁files . ▁ ▁Data ▁delivery ▁time ▁The ▁good put ▁is ▁a ▁ratio ▁between ▁delivered ▁amount ▁of ▁information , ▁and ▁the ▁total ▁delivery ▁time . ▁This ▁delivery ▁time ▁includes : ▁ ▁Inter - pack et ▁time ▁g aps ▁caused ▁by ▁packet ▁generation ▁processing ▁time ▁( a ▁source ▁that ▁does ▁not ▁use ▁the ▁full ▁network ▁capacity ), ▁or ▁by ▁protocol ▁timing ▁( for ▁example ▁collision ▁avoid ance ) ▁ ▁Data ▁and ▁overhead ▁transmission ▁delay ▁( amount ▁of ▁data ▁divided ▁by ▁bit ▁rate ) ▁ ▁Pro pag ation ▁delay ▁( distance ▁divided ▁by ▁wave ▁propag ation ▁speed ) ▁ ▁Pack et ▁que uing ▁delay ▁ ▁NAT ▁translation ▁delay ▁ ▁Inter mediate ▁node ▁store - and