 blackzeroPremium
join:2007-08-16
Trois-Rivieres, QC | Surprising I guess that those 787 polled consumers are often downloading, enough to exceed their montly limit.
1 GB = 1'024MB = 1'048'576KB
those providers who are offering 5gb for download, they're offering nothing.
i have nothing against massive downloaders,but the fact that most of people don't know how to interprete the limits provided by their isps is just surprising.  |
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 TSI GabePremium,VIP
join:2007-01-03
Chatham, ON
kudos:2 | said by blackzero:1 GB = 1'024MB = 1'048'576KB Actually you have it wrong here, no offense intended. It's a common misconception that bandwidth should be multiplied by 1024. Only memory should be calculated that way, not bandwidth.
1GB = 1000MB = 1,000,000KB
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 ropeguruPremium
join:2001-01-25
Mechanicsville, VA | reply to blackzero
And to confuse matters more, in networking, typically
1 GB = 1'000MB = 1,000,000KB
That little difference could put you over the edge...  |
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blackzeroPremium
join:2007-08-16
Trois-Rivieres, QC | reply to blackzero
i did a little mistake  |
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 knightmbEverybody Lies
join:2003-12-01
Franklin, TN | reply to TSI Gabe
said by TSI Gabe:said by blackzero:1 GB = 1'024MB = 1'048'576KB Actually you have it wrong here, no offense intended. It's a common misconception that bandwidth should be multiplied by 1024. Only memory should be calculated that way, not bandwidth. 1GB = 1000MB = 1,000,000KB Depends on if you are talking about megabytes or megabits.
If he's referring to Gigabytes, then he's right because it means what it means no matter what the median of transfer. If he's referring to gigabits, then 1 gigabyte is 8 gigabits.
1GB = 8 gb
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 Quake110Premium
join:2003-12-20
Ottawa, ON | reply to TSI Gabe
Wow, I didn't know that. More straightforward than I thought. |
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Re: Surprising Actually, bandwidth speed is always rated in bits. The last letter is always lower cased. |
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 RARPSL
join:1999-12-08
Suffern, NY | reply to TSI Gabe
said by TSI Gabe:said by blackzero:1 GB = 1'024MB = 1'048'576KB Actually you have it wrong here, no offense intended. It's a common misconception that bandwidth should be multiplied by 1024. Only memory should be calculated that way, not bandwidth. 1GB = 1000MB = 1,000,000KB Technically G/M/K is base 1000. Base 1024 uses (ie: is SUPPOSED to use) Gi/Mi/Ki prefixes (ie: GiB/Gib/etc). As you note, the i-less prefix is often used even when the base 1024 numbers are intended. Can you supply a reference that speeds are supposed to be base 1000 not base 1024? |
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 Ark
join:2002-06-08
Ada, MI
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Actually, 1 GB = 8.589934592 Gb...
1 GB = 1,073,741,824 Bytes = 8,589,934,592 bits |
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