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Speed is measured in kilo bits/s or kilo bytes/s ?

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    Hi. In which unit speed is measured > kilobits/s or kilobytes/s ? If it is kilobits/s dial up gives 56 kilobits /s only ? And UL750 gives only 256kilobits/s?

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    the speed provided by the isp is always measure by kilobits only.

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    Quote Originally Posted by electrosam View Post
    Hi. In which unit speed is measured > kilobits/s or kilobytes/s ? If it is kilobits/s dial up gives 56 kilobits /s only ? And UL750 gives only 256kilobits/s?
    As "prasannaganesh" has said, service providers refer to speed by kilobit/s unit.

    8 kilobit/s = 8 kb/s = 1 kilobyte/s = 1 kB/s

    and, 1024 kilobit/s = 1 mbit/s = 1024/8 kilobyte/s = 256 kilobyte/s = 256 kB/s



    dialup = 56 kilobit/s = 56/8 kiloByte/s = 7 kB/s
    UL 750 = 256 kilobit/s = 256/8 kilobyte/s = 32 kB/s

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    kilobits as eva leo da told..

    maybe someday ISPs will say 1mb speed unliminted plan*


    *conditions apply 1mb =1megabots or 24kbps
    Last edited by mickey; 11th January 2009 at 11:43 AM. Reason: Automerged Doublepost
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    I used to get 8- 9 KBps in dial up. I have download 100 MB rapidshare files with it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Archer View Post
    I used to get 8- 9 KBps in dial up. I have download 100 MB rapidshare files with it.

    how do you do it???

    please tell me i am a proud dialuper
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    I get maximum speed when raining. The line had many joints. It takes upto 4 hours to download 100 MB file. No idea how.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Archer View Post
    I get maximum speed when raining. The line had many joints. It takes upto 4 hours to download 100 MB file. No idea how.
    ROFL......:lol:
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    Quote Originally Posted by Archer View Post
    I get maximum speed when raining. The line had many joints. It takes upto 4 hours to download 100 MB file. No idea how.
    isnt there anyway to plugin connection with padosi's like we did sometimes with cable dish connection....putting your cable onto one's
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    I just did a calculation and it seems that 100mb in 4 hrs gets u a speed of 7.111kBps.
    i.e. 7.1*8 = 56.8 Kbps.

    its exactly what u r suposed to get.

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    the maximum was a 40 mb software, the max i ever downloaded on my dialup


    the day was sunny and connection was smooth...

    took me 3 hours to complete on my 8kpbs dialup:lol:

    Quote Originally Posted by Evander Leopold View Post
    I just did a calculation and it seems that 100mb in 4 hrs gets u a speed of 7.111kBps.
    i.e. 7.1*8 = 56.8 Kbps.

    its exactly what u r suposed to get.
    consistently getting this speed on Dialup Baba is ideal situation....

    without downloader one cant))
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    I have tried watering the joints on sunny days. Never worked.

    My favourite download time calculator: Download Calculator. :w00t:

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    Quote Originally Posted by mail2sc View Post
    the maximum was a 40 mb software, the max i ever downloaded on my dialup


    the day was sunny and connection was smooth...
    :lol::lol:


    Quote Originally Posted by mail2sc View Post
    consistently getting this speed on Dialup Baba is ideal situation....

    without downloader one cant))
    Yeah, thats correct. I understand.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Archer View Post
    I have tried watering the joints on sunny days. Never worked.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mail2sc View Post
    the maximum was a 40 mb software, the max i ever downloaded on my dialup

    the day was sunny and connection was smooth...

    took me 3 hours to complete on my 8kpbs dialup:lol:
    Quote Originally Posted by Archer View Post
    I have tried watering the joints on sunny days. Never worked.
    :lol: :lol:

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    Quote Originally Posted by Archer View Post
    I have tried watering the joints on sunny days. Never worked.

    My favourite download time calculator: Download Calculator. :w00t:
    :lol:

    anyone who knows free and best net meter
    i want free and open source
    not any trial ones
    Last edited by mickey; 11th January 2009 at 12:19 PM. Reason: Automerged Doublepost
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    Netmeter is freeware. I don't know if it's open source.
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