In telecommunication, speed of service is the time for a message to be received, for example:
- The time between release of a message by the originator to receipt of the message by the addressee, as perceived by the end user. (originator-to-recipient speed of service)
- The time between entry of a message into a communications system and receipt of the message at the terminating communications facility, i.e., the communications facility serving the addressee, as measured by the system.
Famous quotes containing the words speed of, speed and/or service:
“No speed of wind or water rushing by
But you have speed far greater.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
“For myself and my loved ones, I want the heat, which comes at the speed of light. I don’t want to have to hang about for the blast, which idles along at the speed of sound.”
—Martin Amis (b. 1949)
“In the service of Caesar, everything is legitimate.”
—Pierre Corneille (1606–1684)