In 2005, the data transfer fees for Internet service provider (ISP) connections to the inter-net was approximately $5 per 100 GB ($.05 per GB) of data transfer. The streaming data transfer rate of a standard television quality digital video signal is approximately 4.0 Mbps or 500 kBytes per second (8 bits per Byte).
Yet the various forms of the disease are more alike than they are different, and everyone affected by CJD must eventually contend with serious mental and physical problems. Typical first symptoms include personality changes like anxiety and depression, memory loss, confusion and impaired thinking.
INFECTIONS OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM. Prion Diseases (Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies) Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) are caused by abnormal folding of prions (pronounced pree-ons, an acronym for proteinaceous infectious particles). The normal prion protein, which is designated as PrPc, is a 35kD membrane glycoprotein, which is water-soluble and proteinase-sensitive.