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Right, because a database write is not generally a periodic event. The unit they want is the becquerel - 14.4MBq might even sound more impressive because not so many people are familiar with that unit!

I agree that Hz seems to imply a periodic event.

But I disagree that the Bq is appropriate for this example; the becquerel quantifies radioactivity:

The becquerel (symbol Bq) (pronounced: 'be-kə-rel) is the SI derived unit of radioactivity. One Bq is defined as the activity of a quantity of radioactive material in which one nucleus decays per second. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Becquerel)

It can be a bandwidth. Setting up the application and/or bogons as a carrier of some scheme or other is up to the writer. Echo cancellation fun, cross-modulation, gain masking; hey, do it in A/B testing.

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