insideout Posted February 5, 2006 CID Share Posted February 5, 2006 If the advertised dl speed is 3300 kbs(which is Verizon's), then does that mean I should be able to dl at least 2.0 + mbs per second? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROM-DOS Posted February 5, 2006 CID Share Posted February 5, 2006 Kbps(Kilobits) to Mbps(Megabits) = 2000Kbps = 2Mbps [or KBps(Kilobytes) to MBps(Megabytes) = 244.14KBps = 0.23842MBps] . . .check out the Conversion Table in Misc Tools at the top of this page. In order to get a 1MB Data Rate (per sec) you would need to have around a 9 Mbps or a 1099 kB/s(9000 Kbps) connection. . . .also, check out the Conversion Calculator. . . .so, if we're talkin' bits ~ the answer would be yes. 8 bits = 1 byte ~/~ 1 Kilobyte (KB) = 1,024 Bytes or 8192 bits 1 Megabyte (MB) = 1,024 Kilobytes or 1048576 Bytes or 8388608 Bits Bandwidth is the amount of information that can be transferred over a connection in a given period of time. It's usually measured in bits per second. There are 8 bits in a byte, so you should divide your bandwidth by 8 to get the transfer rate in bytes. However, adding in overhead and other factors that slow down the transmission, it is likely that your actual data transfer rate will be lower. A good rule of thumb is to divide by 10 to get the data transfer rate. Latency is the amount of time it takes for a response to return from a request. Usually this is measured in a simple time value. On the Internet, this is typically in milliseconds. 1000 ms is equal to 1 second. Latency and bandwidth together determine the "speed" of a connection, and the "speed" of a connection can vary as widely as your needs or the time of day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insideout Posted February 5, 2006 Author CID Share Posted February 5, 2006 oh so i should be getting speeds of around 200-300 kbs max? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROM-DOS Posted February 5, 2006 CID Share Posted February 5, 2006 oh so i should be getting speeds of around 200-300 kbs max? NO! . . .we're talking in bits, so you should be getting speeds above 2000Kbps to 3300Kbps or 244 kB/s(Kilobytes) = 2 Mbps to 403 kB/s(Kilobytes) = 3 Mbps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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