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Surely my internet can't be this bad...
Bisjac:
--- Quote from: Port on June 08, 2012, 11:20:33 PM ---oh
speedtest measures in MBit/s, not MB/s
nevermind then
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/8
so based on a standard 12bmit connection, hes got a max bandwidth of 1.5mb
HellsSpot:
yes.
Port:
--- Quote from: Bisjac on June 09, 2012, 12:09:16 AM ---so based on a standard 12bmit connection, hes got a max bandwidth of 1.5mb
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except speedtest doesn't measure max bandwidth
Bisjac:
--- Quote from: Port on June 09, 2012, 12:27:52 AM ---except speedtest doesn't measure max bandwidth
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you gotta convert it yourself.
a rate of send can still be shown as an amount.
and vice versa
ISPs cant tell you your max speed, because thats not a legit way for them to explain the contract, seeing as they offer bandwidth/rate of transfer
a smart person can do the math himself to determine how much he can send or receive
1 bit = 8 bytes
i dont know why we still measure bandwidth in bits, as we are dealing with amounts much larger then we were in the 70s.
im sure there is a good reason.
Port:
--- Quote from: Bisjac on June 09, 2012, 12:30:41 AM ---i dont know why we still measure bandwidth in bits, as we are dealing with amounts much larger then we were in the 70s.
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we measure in megabits
with those units the values are fine
most connections are somewhere around 10-20 down, 1-2 up
some are around things such as 50/20, 50/50, 100/100
there are some extreme ones like 4000/100 that only nobody can afford though