[Dorset] [OT] Line speeds

I am trying to understand line speed but I sinking into a hole full of kbps, kbs and mbs If I have a 2mb dedicated line, what is the maximum kbps that I would need to reach before I reached the maximum capacity of the line? I hope that is clear Tim -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Wed

Re: [Dorset] [OT] Line speeds

There are 2 units: bps (bits per second) and B/s (bytes per second). 2Mbps means 2 megabits per second which equals ~ 2000 kilobits per second which equals ~ 250 kB/s. (kilobytes per second) To be fair, due to protocol overhead and line usage by your neighbours on the same exchange you're hardly