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27-01-2005, 12:35 AM | #1 | ||
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Hey.. i haven’t used dialup for a few years now.. i still have cable. but got some dialup and once and a while use it to save my cable limit..
just wondering when i connect with a 56kb modem it only ever connects at 48kbs? and if its 48kbs why can i only ever download at 4 or 5kb's
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27-01-2005, 12:40 AM | #2 | ||
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cause the 48kbs is kilobits and the 4 or 5kbs is kilo bytes. 8 bits = 1 byte
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27-01-2005, 12:42 AM | #3 | |||
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its a different bit rate.
your connection is at 56 Kilo"BIT"/second But your download is at 5 Kilo "BYTE"/second So its running at a fair speed. Hope this is right, cant remember exactly but its something like that.
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27-01-2005, 12:43 AM | #4 | |||
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1 byte = 8 bits btw, so it is goin at max speed, just checked it up.
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27-01-2005, 12:45 AM | #5 | ||||
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27-01-2005, 12:56 AM | #6 | ||
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What the..
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27-01-2005, 12:59 AM | #7 | ||
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thats ok.. Its just cos of the cable im used to downloading at like 100
Im not used to dialup.. to f'ign slow
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27-01-2005, 12:48 PM | #8 | ||
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What they are basically saying is that a kilobit and a kilobyte are similar to, say, Centermeters and Meters.
100 cm = 1m 8 kb = 1Kb (not the difference in the K) 65 kilobit Modems would sound far less impressive if they were called 7 Kilobyte modems (which is the maximum you can get out of a 56k modem (56 / 8))
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27-01-2005, 03:24 PM | #9 | |||
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Cheers Thanks for clearing that up
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27-01-2005, 05:40 PM | #10 | ||
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I thought dial-up modems were 48 down 52 up? oh well, i guess not...
Last edited by Paris Hilton; 27-01-2005 at 05:41 PM. Reason: had it 56 down 48 up |
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