I call shenanigans! On Thu, 2008-03-06 at 16:22 +1100, Matthew Hannigan wrote: > Don't stop there! > > You probably mean bits not b(ytes) and mebi not mega, > so it's > 108 Mibit/s
1) It's mibi not mebi. 2) The same standard that defines mibi- as a prefix (IEEE 1541 [1]) specifies that b is the symbol for bits, and B should be used for bytes. In practical use, though, I tend to see either bits or B. -- Pete, who measures his traffic in gross nybbles to reduce confusion. [1] - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_1541 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
