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Clunk
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 6:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Kizzy on Cable. Virgin media 20 meg broadband.

Internet speeds are confusing. They are meant to be.


So called 8meg broadband is not 8 megabytes, it is 8 megabits. Which in turn is 800kilobytes. So 8meg broadband = 800 kilobytes per second. = a cd worth of data in 100 seconds.

2 meg broadband = 2 megabits = 252 kilobytes per second. = a cd worth of data in 350 seconds.

Dial up = 52 kilobites per second = 5 kilobytes per second = a cd worth of data in 15,000 seconds.

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PostPosted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 9:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Clunk wrote:
Dial up = 52 kilobites per second = 5 kilobytes per second = a cd worth of data in 15,000 seconds.


I remember it well! Cool  Laughing
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 10:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
GTB wrote:
Clunk wrote:
Dial up = 52 kilobites per second = 5 kilobytes per second = a cd worth of data in 15,000 seconds.
I remember it well! Cool  Laughing
And still used by 15% of the uk, and 40% world wide.

The surprising thing is that broadband is cheaper to supply then dial up.
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 11:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
My typing is so slow that my computer needs to be slow too.
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