On Mon, 18 Dec 2006 19:02:18 +1300 Hadley Rich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I think you are confusing bits and bytes. You quite likely have a 256 k > > bits per second (kbps) connection, and the 30 is reported in k bytes per > > second (kB/s). Do the maths, and you'll find you are maxing out the > > connection. > > 8 bits in a Byte BTW. yes, 256/8=32 Which is exactly consistent with what i see - I used to max out at about 16kB/s on 128 adsl and now get up to 32kB/s on 256. I didn't think the difference between 30 and 32 was worth mentioning for the purposes of the explanation. Especially as any application that reports a speed necessarily does so as an average over period of time - I have seen apps report way over the theoretical maximum available. Its quitel likely correctly counting the throughput, but miscalculating time.
