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[Cable] Cable speeds ???I have question concerning the new Ontario cable speeds how is Teksavvy/Rogers calculating them? Distributel is claim 18 Mbps,28 Mbps and I always thought it was just 18MB,28MB.
18 Mbps = 2.25 MB/s or 18MB = 18 MB/s ?
28 Mbps = 3.50 MB/s or 28MB = 28 MB/s ? |
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Teksavvy advertises the 18 and 28 Megabits/s.
18 Megabits/s = 2.25 Megabytes/s 28 Megabits/s = 3.5 Megabytes/s |
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to neuromancer1
B = 1 Byte = 8 bits = 00000000 to 11111111 (256 (or 127, depending on whether or not it's signed (but that's a programming thing anyways))). b = 1 bit = 0 or 1 I suggest you check out my more verbose explanation on Super User. |
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18 Mbps = 2.25 MB/s is just what I thought. I'm doing some utorrent tweaking and wanted be sure I was correct. |
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Ok well getting about 2.20 MB/s,2.10 MB/s with utorrent after speed boost goes away so I assume that's about all I can get, I'm willing to accept that. |
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2.1-2.2 is what I get on average too I believe.. Pretty reasonable IMO... I'm sure there is a technical reason why we don't get 2.25 all the time... overhead? |
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said by redgrandam:2.1-2.2 is what I get on average too I believe.. Pretty reasonable IMO... I'm sure there is a technical reason why we don't get 2.25 all the time... overhead? Could be the particular server or link, could be your modem's profile... could be any number of things. I can't speak for Rogers, but here in Cogecoland, the profiles sent to the modems seem to compensate for the TCP overhead by tacking on an extra 5-10% (e.g. I pay for 30Mb/s and get about 33Mb/s). |
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to redgrandam
said by redgrandam:2.1-2.2 is what I get on average too I believe.. Pretty reasonable IMO... I'm sure there is a technical reason why we don't get 2.25 all the time... overhead? 2.25 happens on http downloads possible uTorrent is not showing me the .5 but I'm not going worry about it since that fast enough. |
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I would assume the .5 is wasted from torrent overhead (it had a huge footprint). |
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TwiztedZeroNine Zero Burp Nine Six Premium Member join:2011-03-31 Toronto, ON |
to squircle
@squircle heh at the guy's post a bit below yours on the verbose explanation, moar funnie |
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jibby
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2012-Mar-14 9:37 pm
:rofl: at the last 3 |
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to TwiztedZero
said by TwiztedZero:@squircle heh at the guy's post a bit below yours on the verbose explanation, moar funnie But downvoted like crazy (11 up, 8 down) because although it's funny, it can be very misleading when you're trying to provide a proper answer. I'll assume fellow DSLr-ers know better |
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TwiztedZeroNine Zero Burp Nine Six Premium Member join:2011-03-31 Toronto, ON |
said by squircle:But downvoted like crazy (11 up, 8 down) because although it's funny, it can be very misleading when you're trying to provide a proper answer. I'll assume fellow DSLr-ers know better Nods, YUP we're Savvy, but troo . . . some of the newer DSLr n00bz might not be quite so much. If they spend any real time on DSLr, they won't be rookies for long. |
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