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OT: what does kB/s equal to in modem speak?

6 posts by 5 people · 10 May 2004 02:37 UTC - 10 May 2004 21:52 UTC

Dave Henrie 10 May 2004 02:37 UTC#37915
My firewall is reporting an upload speed of 29.74kB/s. So that's kilo BYTES instead of kilobits correct? What would that rough out to in the normal scale that has 56k and 128kbs for isdn? Thanks... dave henrie
8 bits in a byte.. 29.74kB/s = 237.92 kbps -- Mike Beauchamp http://www.therevox.com - custom electro-theremins and stuff. http://www.mikebeauchamp.com - mike's personal site. "Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > My firewall is reporting an upload speed of 29.74kB/s. So that's kilo > BYTES instead of kilobits correct? What would that rough out to in the > normal scale that has 56k and 128kbs for isdn? Thanks... > dave henrie
"Mike Beauchamp" <[email hidden]> wrote in news:c7ms0702cu8 @enews3.newsguy.com: > 8 bits in a byte.. > > 29.74kB/s = 237.92 kbps > great, thankyou...at least I'm getting upto their cap. dave henrie
Btw, try typing "29.74 kilobytes to kilobits" in google's search box (without the quotes). :) "Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
Quoted text (10 lines)> "Mike Beauchamp" <[email hidden]> wrote in news:c7ms0702cu8 > @enews3.newsguy.com: > > > 8 bits in a byte.. > > > > 29.74kB/s = 237.92 kbps > > > > great, thankyou...at least I'm getting upto their cap. > dave henrie
Dave Henrie wrote: > > My firewall is reporting an upload speed of 29.74kB/s. So that's kilo > BYTES instead of kilobits correct? What would that rough out to in the > normal scale that has 56k and 128kbs for isdn? Thanks... > dave henrie A 64k ISDN line would give you roughly 8 kB/s UL/DL, you basically divide by 8 and that gets you fairly close Beers and cheers (uncle) Goy "goyl at nettx dot no" http://www.theuspits.com "A man is only as old as the woman he feels........" --Groucho Marx--
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