kbit vs. Kbit & kByte vs. KByte (was BW Calc) [7:65211]

Wow! I knew there was confusion out there about this, but I didnt realize just how much (even on my part it would seem). Here’s one possible source of clarification: http://www.speedguide.net/Cable_modems/bandwidth.shtml and another: http://www.scotsnewsletter.com/best_of/dtrct.htm (not this S

RE: kbit vs. Kbit & kByte vs. KByte (was BW Calc) [7:65211]

Here's a perfectly illustrative example of how common it is to jumble all this terminology up... I often use a download test site at PC Pitstop: http://www.pcpitstop.com/internet/Bandwidth.asp I ran a quick download test that transferred a "500 KB" block of text to my machine. It took 2.744 sec

Re: kbit vs. Kbit & kByte vs. KByte (was BW Calc) [7:65211]

This is all very well but sometimes when people write 500 they really mean 512, so where does that leave you ?8-) Marc s vermill wrote: > > Here's a perfectly illustrative example of how common it is to jumble all > this terminology up... > > I often use a download test site at PC Pitstop: > >