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Title: confused speeds
Post by: Privateer on February 04, 2009, 09:42:27 AM

I remember the storage sizes, but confused over this, according to my router Im on this.
Modem
ADSL Firmware Version    A2pB023b.d20e
Modem Status    Connected
DownStream Connection Speed    5781 kbps
UpStream Connection Speed    1109 kbps

in Gigabytes whats it mean.
thanks

Title: confused speeds
Post by: Quixoticish on February 04, 2009, 09:48:23 AM

Quote from: PrivateerI remember the storage sizes, but confused over this, according to my router Im on this.
Modem
ADSL Firmware Version    A2pB023b.d20e
Modem Status    Connected
DownStream Connection Speed    5781 kbps
UpStream Connection Speed    1109 kbps

in Gigabytes whats it mean.
thanks

Its usually megabytes per second when referring to your net connection, so 5.6 mbps downstream, 1.1 mbps upstream. Just divide by 1000 (or 1024 if youre pernickity). Why exactly you want it in gigabytes rather than megabytes I have no idea, but it would be 0.005 downstream and 0.001 upstream to a sensible number of decimal places.

Title: confused speeds
Post by: Privateer on February 04, 2009, 10:26:57 AM

Quote from: Chris H
Quote from: PrivateerI remember the storage sizes, but confused over this, according to my router Im on this.
Modem
ADSL Firmware Version    A2pB023b.d20e
Modem Status    Connected
DownStream Connection Speed    5781 kbps
UpStream Connection Speed    1109 kbps

in Gigabytes whats it mean.
thanks

Its usually megabytes per second when referring to your net connection, so 5.6 mbps downstream, 1.1 mbps upstream. Just divide by 1000 (or 1024 if youre pernickity). Why exactly you want it in gigabytes rather than megabytes I have no idea, but it would be 0.005 downstream and 0.001 upstream to a sensible number of decimal places.

people understand speeds in MB easier, Im on the 02 up to 8Mb am i getting reasonable speeds, so roughly Im on 5.7 MB

EDIT
sorry not GB I meant to say MB, every suplier offers upto in MB Speeds

Title: confused speeds
Post by: Serious on February 04, 2009, 11:21:46 AM

Quote from: Chris HIts usually megabytes per second when referring to your net connection,

What happened to megabits, or have they been outlawed? -)

Title: Re:confused speeds
Post by: Bacon on February 04, 2009, 11:41:09 AM

6MB down / 1MB up it seems. But you could be on a faster service getting a slower speed.

https://www.bethere.co.uk/belitehomebroadband.do

8MB down / 1.3MB up. I would say the above service you are on.

Title: confused speeds
Post by: Quixoticish on February 04, 2009, 11:46:45 AM

Quote from: Serious
Quote from: Chris HIts usually megabytes per second when referring to your net connection,

What happened to megabits, or have they been outlawed? -)

Yes. Youre right, it should be megabits per second. But to be honest the difference between them is so small that for most purposes it really isnt worth splitting hairs, unless you need to for some technical or communications job or are an annoying nit-picker.

Title: confused speeds
Post by: Maldonado on February 04, 2009, 11:51:49 AM

Yeah, youre on ADSL2+ (up to 24Mbps), as ADSL (up to 8Mbps) only supports upload speeds of 448kbps or 832kbps.

However, ISPs are provisioning people on ADSL2+ then capping them at 8Mbps so that more customers get the full 8.

Title: Re:confused speeds
Post by: Liam on February 11, 2009, 15:15:33 PM

Also depends on how far away from your local exchange you are & also what speed your exchange can handle too Privateer, if you go on samknows.com there is an exchange search & if you type your post code in there it tells you how far away you are from your exchange, the further away you are the lower the speeds can be.

Liam

Title: confused speeds
Post by: Serious on February 11, 2009, 18:38:23 PM

Quote from: Chris Hor are an annoying nit-picker.

That would be me then :P

Title: confused speeds
Post by: BigSoy on February 11, 2009, 19:26:21 PM

Quote from: Chris H
Quote from: Serious
Quote from: Chris HIts usually megabytes per second when referring to your net connection,

What happened to megabits, or have they been outlawed? -)

Yes. Youre right, it should be megabits per second. But to be honest the difference between them is so small that for most purposes it really isnt worth splitting hairs, unless you need to for some technical or communications job or are an annoying nit-picker.

Difference is so small? Factor of 10 isnt a small difference.

Wouldnt mind a 24 Megabyte per second web connection :)

Title: confused speeds
Post by: knighty on February 11, 2009, 21:47:59 PM

Quote from: BigSoy
Quote from: Chris Hdifference between them is so small that for most purposes it really isnt worth splitting hairs

Difference is so small? Factor of 10 isnt a small difference.

I was just thinking the same......

I can remember trying to explain to a friend years ago when adsl was new that his 512kb connection was half a megabit, not half a megabyte... we was sure he could download a meg in 2 min !

Title: Re:confused speeds
Post by: Quixoticish on February 11, 2009, 22:38:17 PM

I was busy concentrating on work when I wrote that. Sorry.

Title: confused speeds
Post by: DeltaZero on February 12, 2009, 19:32:03 PM

Quote from: BigSoy
Quote from: Chris H
Quote from: Serious
Quote from: Chris HIts usually megabytes per second when referring to your net connection,

What happened to megabits, or have they been outlawed? -)

Yes. Youre right, it should be megabits per second. But to be honest the difference between them is so small that for most purposes it really isnt worth splitting hairs, unless you need to for some technical or communications job or are an annoying nit-picker.

Difference is so small? Factor of 10 isnt a small difference.

Wouldnt mind a 24 Megabyte per second web connection :)

Its a factor of 8.

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