How much bandwidth does the spinal cord have?
The top voted answer is assuming a neuron firing/not firing (once per refractory period) can be counted as a bit for the purpose of calculating bandwidth.<p>But I think the peripheral nerve system uses firing <i>frequency</i> to encode intensity, so I'm not sure you can really equate 1 firing with one bit.<p>For example, over 15 refractory periods there could be anywhere between 0 and 15 firings, thereby encoding 16 different possible intensities. That would effectively be only a 4 bit message per 15 periods, not 15 bit per 15 periods.