[Mailman] Re: [ILUG-BOM] Confusion... Internet Speeds.

[Nikhil Joshi]

On Tue, 13 May 2003, Hrushikesh Tilak wrote:

 
> I guess (please correct) a 56 KBPs modem allows a maximum inflow(&outflow!) 
> of 56 KiloBits ps of data between 2 computers.
> But still most(or all?) ISPs in Mumbai offer download speeds(the thing that 
> u see in the browser downloader or a download manager) is only 5KBPs.

Remember Download Managers give speeds in Kilobytes/sec

56 Kbps = 56 Kilobits/sec.
8 bits  = 1 byte
==> 56Kbps = 7 KBps

I do get 7 KBps using VSNL , sometimes though .

Anyways 56Kbps is the max. transfer rate. The modem must be working 
something below that. Hence the difference.


> Why dont all the people refer to actual download speeds rather than the max 
> transfer speeds while referring to their connection?

Its difference between bits and bytes as you can see.
In communication lingo Kilobits/sec is used while we are more comfortable 
with Kilobytes in our normal computer usage.

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Nikhil