On 10/7/05, ec <
eculbert@yahoo.com> wrote:
> A 256k should give 25-28Kb, note the small and the
> large K's. Theory has about 30+Kb. A knoppix d/l on a
> 256k should be 8-9hrs estimated time on the 'download
> manager' screen after a few minutes to smooth out.
> 700Mb of stuff.
Make sure you are referring to the same thing, and be consistent.
I'll have to concur with ec; telecom industry measures in Kilobits
(Kbps) whereas most of your computer measures in Kilobytes (KB/s).
There are 8 bits in 1 byte, so 256Kbps is the same as 32KB/s.
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