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10mbps = 1000KBPS, right?

Originally posted by: BCYL
KB = KiloByte
mb = megabit

1 byte = 8 bits

so 10mbps = 1.25MB/s...

And 10mbps is pretty rare for a broadband connection is it not?

Isn't most ISP's bandwidth capped at 3mbitps?
 
Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth
10mbps=1000KB/sec+protocol loss

Thanks, just making sure. This guy is claiming to have a 10mbps connection and I just don't believe him. he is also saying Verizon offers a 100mpbs connection for $34.95.
 
Originally posted by: Nocturnal
Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth
10mbps=1000KB/sec+protocol loss

Thanks, just making sure. This guy is claiming to have a 10mbps connection and I just don't believe him. he is also saying Verizon offers a 100mpbs connection for $34.95.

:Q
 
Nocturnal, 10mbps is usually 10000kbps (kilobits per second), which is 1250kBps (kilobytes per second), which is 1.25MBps.
 
it depends

if you are talking real throughput you also have to shave some off for overhead

they usually use the bits per second number vs the bytes per second so that it sounds faster

what would you do with a single bit? you need at least a byte to mean anything, so measuring it in bits is silly
 
FoBoT: not all computers have always used 8bits/byte. I've heard of old systems that used 9 (and not just parity). And by saying bits, you can account for protocol loss. An example is in a modem handshake you can have 8-N-1. 8 bits, no parity, 1 stop bit, that makes 9 bits per byte transferred. Another example is 8-E-1.5, which makes 10.5 bits per byte transferred.
 
Fill in the blank...

Can some explain the relation ship of bandwidth to actual data size?

1 Byte = ? (A single bit?)
1 MegaBit = ? (128Kb or KB?)
 
Originally posted by: Nocturnal
Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth
10mbps=1000KB/sec+protocol loss

Thanks, just making sure. This guy is claiming to have a 10mbps connection and I just don't believe him. he is also saying Verizon offers a 100mpbs connection for $34.95.

We have a 10mbps NMLI, but we pay a good bit more than that...
 
Originally posted by: Tabb
Fill in the blank...

Can some explain the relation ship of bandwidth to actual data size?

1 Byte = ? (A single bit?)
1 MegaBit = ? (128Kb or KB?)

1 Byte = 8 bits
1 MegaBit = 1000 Kbits = 125KB
 
To put it in real world terms, I have 10 Mbit BB at home, and I usually top out around 1.1 MB/Sec, slightly above that.
 
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