Quick clarification on KBps, Kbps:

The max download speed you'll see is 5KB/sec -- that's 5 kilobytes per
second.  The '56K' moniker is 56 kilobits per second.  Doing the math,
5KB/sec is roughly 40Kb/sec.

Personally, I haven't seen transfer rates better than about 4.2KB/sec
(33.6Kbps).

Big B=Bytes
Little b=bits (eight bits per byte)

As for the capitialization of 'K' or not, the IEEE recommends that 'K' be
1024, while 'k' be 1000.  So in this case, the big K is appropriate.

-- 
Richard A. Reed
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