From: "R. A. Cantrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 7/25/03 6:16 AM, Charles Martin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
1.3mbits = 166.5K/sec or so.why do they go to the trouble to say 1.3 mbits? what's the confusion in
terminology that makes these equivalent? 1,300,00=166,500 is really new
math.
The main reason is because it makes the number sound bigger.
The term "56K" when referring to dialup is an equal misnomer. For a start, it should be written "56Kb" because they mean a MAXIMUM of 56 kilo*bits*, not kiloBYTES (which is written KB).
IOW, 56 kilobits per second = 7KB/sec.
When you were on dialup, you probably NEVER saw files transfer at 7KB/sec, did you? More like 5KB/sec on a good day, am I right?
That's because the 7KB/sec was a theoretical maximum, and IIRC telephone lines couldn't really handle more than 53Kb (6KB/sec) anyway.
Whenever you look at the speed of something computer-wise, remember this:
Eight bits make one byte.
So when somebody tells you they're getting 1 megabit/sec transfers, what they really mean is that it will take EIGHT seconds to transfer a one-megabyte file.
_Chas_
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