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Internet speed Bytes/ Kilobytes/ Megabytes explained

Internet speed Bytes/ Kilobytes/ Megabytes explained

Have you wonder that people say that mine is 'x' KBPS line and Iam getting the internet speed very fast. what is that.

Some say that my Internet service provider says that i will get 256kbps line and iam getting only 32kb of speed. They are cheating us, like this people are saying.

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Have you thought what is the story behind these one.

When someone is downloading one file he sees that i.e downloading at 8k/s and 16k/s (the values are average) where as the ISP said for the above the speed is 64kbps line, 128kbps.

Whatever he said i.e correct always you have to devide the isp given value with the digit 8 then whatever the value comes i.e your download or speed. i.e the limit will touch this value.

Take for example you have the Internet Connection of 256kbps. (Your ISP may be BSNL, Airtel Broadband, Reliance Wimax, Reliance Broadband, Sify or any other provider). So, whenever you are downloading the file from the website you will see that the total file is downloading at 32k/s.

For this do this calculation i.e

At The time of Download speed X '8'
= The internet coming at this speed for you

32 x 8 = 256


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i.e the downloading time you will see the values below the 32k/s i.e it may be 10k/s....20k/s 21k/s...30k/s...32k/s

i.e the maximum value is 32k/s when it is downloading. Some times initital values may be high i.e when the download starts the first buffer is filled so that comes with full speed then automatically shifts to our value. Ok, based on this you have to satisfy. If not you can demand your ISP.

        ------------------------------------------------------------
| Bytes | Kilo-Bytes | Internet Speed |
------------------------------------------------------------
8000 | 64 | 8Kb/s
16000 | 128 | 16kb/s
32000 | 256 | 32kb/s
64000 | 512 | 64kb/s
128000 | 1024 (1Mbps) | 128kb/s
256000 | 2048 (2Mbps) | 256kb/s
--------------------------------------------------------------


2 comments:

  1. Actually the speed the ISPs refer to is in kilobits not kilobytes. 256 kb means 256 kilobits when divided by 8 comes to 32kb ie., 32 kilobytes.

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  2. Thanks for the information even i dont know

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