[G4] Broadband Speed Liar's Poker

Ron gMedia.DV at verizon.net
Sat Dec 13 13:55:44 PST 2003


There is a big difference between the big B and the little b

Kilobytes vs kilobits
> 
> I know this has been discussed before but I am a new DSL user and very
> confused on how to test my download speed. When I  do the speed test thing
> at http://www.computers4sure.com/speed3.asp?Sp=1336 I get
> 
> Your Speed is: 1336 Kbps  to 1550 Kbps
> 
> When I watch the Safari download window it says
> 
> 87.7 KB per sec



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