débitos (in this context)

English translation: Ethernet access rates

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Portuguese term or phrase:débitos (in this context)
English translation:Ethernet access rates
Entered by: Paul Dixon

20:11 Dec 10, 2008
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - IT (Information Technology)
Portuguese term or phrase: débitos (in this context)
This term (also as "débitos de acesso") appears several times in a text about Ethernet connections and LANs. All I can think of is "debits" but this hardly fits the context, IMHO. Any ideas?

Some context:

1. Gama alargada de *débitos de acesso*, com rapidez e flexibilidade de configuração ou alteração das conectividades de acesso de acordo com as necessidades.

2. Esta oferta consiste num prolongamento da Plataforma Ethernet até às Instalações do Cliente. A Interface de Serviço é o ponto lógico fronteira, nas Instalações do Cliente, à saída do terminador de rede do operador. Conforme os *débitos* solicitados, o acesso pode ser prestado com interface E, FE ou GE, e será implementado em fibra-óptica desde as Instalações do Cliente e a Rede Ethernet/MPLS.

3. There is also a table with two columns "Débito Mínimo PIR" and "Débito Máximo PIR" (No idea what PIR could be either). The numbers are expressed in Mbps or Gbps.

The original text was written in PT-PT.
Paul Dixon
Brazil
Local time: 02:51
Ethernet access rates
Explanation:
Vantagens

Acesso directo sem contenção
Flexibilidade nos débitos de acesso (2 Mbps até 1 Gbps)
Elevada QoS (plataforma altamente redundante com suporte de transmissão em fibra óptica)
Eficiência - Routing optimizado para as rotas mais directas
Website com estatísticas personalizadas de tráfego
Help Desk disponível 24 horas/dia e 365 dias/ano
http://ptwholesale.telecom.pt/GSW/PT/Canais/ProdutosServicos...

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This service offers Internet access. of up to 1 Gbps and is ideal for ... choose the data rate of their Internet connection, starting from 0.5 Mbps. Details ...
www.vtl.ca/en/416. Internet Access_Fixed-rate Billing.pdf
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Marlene Curtis
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Local time: 01:51
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4 +1Ethernet access rates
Marlene Curtis
4rates of flow
rhandler
2access shortfalls
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rates of flow


Explanation:
As you say the source text is from Portugal, I think this is the meaning. PT-Portuguese is much influenced by French, and rate of flow in French is "débit", hence "débito" in PT-Portuguese.

Some examples:

www.educacao.te.pt... a permitir medir volumes variáveis de líquido e tem, na parte inferior, uma torneira que permite regular o débito do líquido que se pretende transferir. ...
www.educacao.te.pt/jovem/index.jsp?p=117&idArtigo=5216

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Débito de sangue: 10 – 500 mL/min. Débito de substituição: 10 – 160 mL/min. Débito de dialisante: 10 – 70 mL/min. Débito de substituição de plasma: 10 – 50 ...
www.fresenius-medical-care.pt/produtos/documents/hemodialis...

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28 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Ethernet access rates


Explanation:
Vantagens

Acesso directo sem contenção
Flexibilidade nos débitos de acesso (2 Mbps até 1 Gbps)
Elevada QoS (plataforma altamente redundante com suporte de transmissão em fibra óptica)
Eficiência - Routing optimizado para as rotas mais directas
Website com estatísticas personalizadas de tráfego
Help Desk disponível 24 horas/dia e 365 dias/ano
http://ptwholesale.telecom.pt/GSW/PT/Canais/ProdutosServicos...

[PDF] Internet Access File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
This service offers Internet access. of up to 1 Gbps and is ideal for ... choose the data rate of their Internet connection, starting from 0.5 Mbps. Details ...
www.vtl.ca/en/416. Internet Access_Fixed-rate Billing.pdf

Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 01:51
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 73
Grading comment
Thanks so much.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Carlos Quandt: probably "access / data rates" > ex...possibilitará o acesso dos utilizadores académicos ao site/portal do INE através de um canal de alto débito.
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access shortfalls


Explanation:
guessing.

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Note added at 40 mins (2008-12-10 20:52:14 GMT)
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Scratch the above. Given every one else's 2 cents, particularly rhandler's it seems débito is being used more or less synonymously with 'bandwidth'.

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