msanta
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Merrick, NY | Converting Mbps to Kbps?
I have a coonection of 30Mbps down and 5Mbps up, how do I convert these numbers to kbps? |
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LiberalKing
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3 edits | »www.levinecentral.com/ool/speed.asp
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Thinkdiff
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Bronx, NY | reply to msanta
kBps?
30*1024 / 8.192 |
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Vj666
join:2002-05-10
Paramus, NJ | reply to msanta
for kbps... multiply by 1024
for KBs multiply by 1024 then divide by 8 |
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Lex Luthor
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Hicksville, NY | reply to msanta
This might help too.
»Optimum Online FAQ »Can you please explain kilobits vs. kilobytes? |
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jpr281
join:2006-01-12
Shirley, NY | reply to msanta
also remember
b = bits
B = bytes |
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Vj666
join:2002-05-10
Paramus, NJ | reply to msanta
connection is spelled connection not coonection |
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MxxCon
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said by jpr281  :also remember b = bits B = bytes that's really arbitrary and variable. there is no standard and not all people follow this.
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TheWiseGuy
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| No it is not arbitrary, it has been used in the US by engineers and others in the industry for a very long time. If you want to sound like a newbie that is fine.
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Tradewind
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A link to a site that outlines these standard naming conventions would be greatly appreciated.
I want to make sure I got my bits and bytes correctly.
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Dersgniw
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| This was posted up there.  »Optimum Online FAQ »Can you please explain kilobits vs. kilobytes? - Maybe it's not what you're looking for. |
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Tradewind
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| No, I was looking for the regulating organization or agency that sets the standard naming conventions for the sort of things we are talking about here.
You know, does a 'K' equal 1024 or does it equal 1000. When do you use 'B' and when do you use 'b'.
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TheWiseGuy
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»lyberty.com/encyc/articles/kb_kilobytes.html
»compnetworking.about.com/od/basi···q002.htm
»www.sengpielaudio.com/calculatorBits.htm
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Tradewind
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1 edit | Always appreciate a link or two (or three) to look at but this, alas, is NOT what I am looking for.
I need the regulating agency that oversees all this alphabet soup. You know, like the International Weights and Measures agency for their naming conventions.
Ummmm,, maybe they are the agency I am looking for. |
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Dersgniw
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Interesting question. Maybe it's an ISO or IEEE standard? But, it's not regulated... for example hard drive makers often ignore the bit rule I believe.
Here are some wikis
»en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilobyte
»en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megabyte
»en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilobit
Actually here's something that talks about standards.. I don't have the attention span right now to read it in full:
»en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_prefixes
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| said by Dersgniw :But, it's not regulated... for example hard drive makers often ignore the bit rule I believe. What they ignore is the difference between K or M or G and k or m or g. K should be 1024 and k should 1000, M should be 1024K, m should be 1000k etc. By ignoring the differences they can claim their hard drives are bigger.
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Tradewind
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Interesting bits of reading (pun intended).
Seems that folks will be mixing up and confusing terms for a long time to come.
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hamiltonjm
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MxxCon
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said by TheWiseGuy :No it is not arbitrary, it has been used in the US by engineers and others in the industry for a very long time. engineers and others are using IEC standard prefixes.
good luck figuring out KB vs kb vs Kb vs kB 
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said by hamiltonjm :Forget his question...where the hell is he getting 30Mps? Umm.. OOL is 30/5.
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