Nah! I am not posting a review of Virgil Flowers novel. This is about the dsl (broadband) speeds and the confusion about the kBps and kbps
Often I am faced with this query :
Q: I have a 256 kbps dsl connection. But my download speed is slow - my download window shows only 31kB/sec speed. Where is the rest of the ~225 kb?
A: This is due to the way the modem / networking / transmission industry counts versus the way the data storage industry counts them.
The networking industry counts in 256 kilo-"bits"-per-second - which is 256 x 1000* bits.
Whereas the data storage / OS industry - especially Windows, counts them in 256 kilo-"bytes"-per-second - which is 256 x 1000* / 8 bits.
Remember the 8th standard formula 1 byte = 8 bits ?
[Note: The multiple is actually 1024 and not 1000 for the 'k', but that is another story. Let us just stick to the basics]
Well that is why my download shows 31kB/sec - note the big "B" in this. Whereas my DSL provider has given me a contract for 256 kbps adsl connection - note the "b" in here.
So dividing 256 / 8, I should get ~32 kB/sec. Since my PC is located ~ 60 feet / 18 m from the dsl junction box (more if I count the bends in the cable), that should be the best I can get.
But WTF ?!? once downloaded why does the file show as 35,074,836 bytes instead of 33.4 MB?
A difference of 1,674,836 bytes!
LOL
On that later.
;-)
Often I am faced with this query :
Q: I have a 256 kbps dsl connection. But my download speed is slow - my download window shows only 31kB/sec speed. Where is the rest of the ~225 kb?
A: This is due to the way the modem / networking / transmission industry counts versus the way the data storage industry counts them.
The networking industry counts in 256 kilo-"bits"-per-second - which is 256 x 1000* bits.
Whereas the data storage / OS industry - especially Windows, counts them in 256 kilo-"bytes"-per-second - which is 256 x 1000* / 8 bits.
Remember the 8th standard formula 1 byte = 8 bits ?
[Note: The multiple is actually 1024 and not 1000 for the 'k', but that is another story. Let us just stick to the basics]
Well that is why my download shows 31kB/sec - note the big "B" in this. Whereas my DSL provider has given me a contract for 256 kbps adsl connection - note the "b" in here.
So dividing 256 / 8, I should get ~32 kB/sec. Since my PC is located ~ 60 feet / 18 m from the dsl junction box (more if I count the bends in the cable), that should be the best I can get.
But WTF ?!? once downloaded why does the file show as 35,074,836 bytes instead of 33.4 MB?
A difference of 1,674,836 bytes!
LOL
On that later.
;-)
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