00tibby

ok heres teh thing ive had verizon online dsl for like 4 yrs now. im supposed to have a 3.0 mb/s connection and am about 1000 ft from the distro. HOWEVER i noticed today that ive been on 180 KB/s for a LONG time. thats a LOT slower than it should be!!!!!!!!!

UltraTibby

Not sure what you mean by 180kb/s for a long time. Explain please smile.gif

00tibby

they fixed it a LITTLE.....




wait or am i being stupid... is 3000 kilibits = 3mb or is it 3000 kilibytes= 3mb....er!


final update. ok they fixed it. im being a dumb ass...... and wasnt doing my math right.... 02.gif

UltraTibby

Your being crazy dude smile.gif . I will brake it down.

1,024 Bytes (B) = 1 KilaByte (KB)
1,024 KilaBytes (KBs) = 1 MegaByte (MB)
1,024 MegaBytes (MBs) = 1 GigaByte (GB)
1,024 GigaBytes (GBs) = 1 TeraByte (TB)

Verizon normal service is ADSL. ADSL is asymetric. What that means is you dont have the same download as upload. Usually they give you MUCH more download than upload. SDSL is symetric. So if you had 3 MBs/S download you would have 3 MBs/S upload also.

3 MBs actually equals only 3,072 KBs/S so you are actually getting faster download than you are rated for. Your upload is the normal 3 MB download ADSL upload speed.

00tibby

i know i know. im not some nub. just had a brain freaze. either way they doubled my internet speed out of the issue laugh.gif

spiceflow

Well you are almost right... the speeds are rated in megaBITS per second. There are 8 bits in a byte. So your maximum download speed should be 3000/8 or roughly 375 kilobytes per second.

OdessitPashka

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what he said! Very stupid topic. Locked.