Re: Telkom marketing at it again?
Barry Gill <[email protected]>
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> > * What does kbps mean? > > Kilobytes per second. This is the speed at which your line is > > downloading the information from and uploading the information to the > > internet. For instance, at 384kbps, a 3MB file, which is more or less > > the size of your average music file, would probably take a little over > > 30 second to download > > > > The problem, of course, is that the Hoi Polloi out there, have no idea > > that it will actually take 7 minutes to download a 3MB file at > > 386kbps, not "just over 30 seconds". > > 384Kbps = 48KB/s theoretical max download speed, ever, on that line. :) > > 3072KB == 3MB => 64 seconds to transfer, in an ideal world, assuming > you got the full 384Kbps, which you won't. > > So how on _earth_ do they arrive at "a little over 30 second(s)"? It is so completely out, even if you took them at face value and understood that if you were buying a 384 kbps line (by their own admission this is a 384 kiloBYTES per second line), it would take 8 seconds to transfer 3 MB. 384 KBps = 3072 Kbps So go figure, it's no wonder no-one knows what the hell broadband is :) _______________________________________________ IOZ mailing list [email protected] http://lists.internet.org.za/mailman/listinfo/ioz