On Monday 24 Oct 2005 17:07, Chadley Wilson wrote: <SNIP>
10mb hub - is that megabits or megabytes? there is a big difference, a byte is 8 bits so a 10 megabit link would really only equal to 1.25Kilobytes
That's right.
which seems fair considering the speed that I can transfer files between two PC's running 10Mbs cards. Where 100Mb card handles up to 11 Megabytes per second. The calculation how ever doesn't seem to make sense.. 10Mb / 8 = 1.25 Mega(what?) 100Mb /8 = 12.25 Megabytes
the point here is we all ASSUME that when we purchase a 384k line from the local ISP that it is 0.384 Megabytes
Do we, I'd assume that was 384 kilo-bits per second. Network speeds are measured in bits per second. Also, the quoted speed is the maximum attainable in ideal conditions. It also includes the transmission overheads like packet headers and the like. As a result, the speed that KDE (say) would report in a download dialog will be somewhat lower. Lastly, when receiving data from the web you are unlikely to reach your full speed because of all the potential bottlenecks between you and the remote server. Dylan -- "The man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out." (Chinese Proverb)