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Clunk
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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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GTB
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| Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 8:53 pm Post subject: |
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| 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!  :lol:
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Clunk
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| Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 9:37 pm Post subject: |
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| 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! :lol: |
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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| My typing is so slow that my computer needs to be slow too. |
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