On Friday 14 August 2009 18:23:41 Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Fri, 2009-08-14 at 12:42 -0400, Chris Tyler wrote: > > Yes. 3 megaBITs per second is just over 300 kiloBYTEs per second. > > There > > are 8 bits per byte, plus there's packet and protocol overhead, so a > > 10:1 ratio between the numbers is normal. > > Actually not. Even discounting protocol overhead, a 3Mbps connection is > 3 million (3x10^6) bits per second. 300KB of data is 300 kilobytes > (300x2^10) bytes. I don't understand your point. However you choose the base for M and K prefixes, the ratio is roughly 10:1. I mean, 3 Mbits = 300 KBytes because there are 8 bits in a byte (or say 10 if you simplify and/or count the overhead). It has nothing to do with prefixes. Besides, 1 Ki = 2^10 = 1024 = (roughly) 10^3 = 1 K , and similarly 1 Mi = 2^20 = (roughly) 10^6 = 1 M, (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_prefix for details ;-) ...), so even if you mix them, 3Mbits = (roughly) 300 KiBytes, or any other combination you might think of. Even Gi:G is 1:1 within an 8% error. I would say Chris is completely correct. For the OP: don't worry, your ISP seems to be providing you with what you expect. HTH, :-) Marko -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
