Internet Speed

Why is it that an internet connection can be listed at one speed (like 756 Kbps) but it doesn't actually download a megabyte every two seconds? The actual download time is about 80 KB/sec. The same thing goes for a 56Kbps modem that doesn't download at 56 kilobytes per second - it downloads (even when nothing else is using the connection) at about 5.8 KB/sec! It goes at like 1/10th the said speed!!!

 

Because the "b" in 756kbs stands for bits, not bytes, there are 8 bits in a byte

 

LoL,

try to say that 3 times fast.



snowbound

 

Because the "b" in 756kbs stands for bits, not bytes, there are 8 bits in a byteBecause the "b" in 756kbs stands for bits, not bytes, there are 8 bits in a byteBecause the "b" in 756kbs stands for bits, not bytes, there are 8 bits in a byte

 

lol

I thought that might be it. But when I saw "1.5 Mbps", I thought, why the heck would someone express something in Megabits?! Anyway, that solves that!

Thanks, guys, esp. tradetime.