isp speeds, really dumb question

[robina_80]

ive got virgin broadband and ive got the 10Mb service, your going to kill me for this but really 10Mb isnt that fast atall in terms of MBps doesnt it work out as 1.25, which is really slow, theoretically its similar speed of usb 1 as thats got a speed of 12Mbps = 1.5MBps

 

[wafflehammer]

uhmmm internet speeds are advertised at mega bits....download speeds are measured in mega bytes....

so 1.25 for a download speed is exactly right

 

[robina_80]

??? im talking about my isp speed so 10mb equates to 1.25MB

 

[Yami]

In which case you are correct. And 1.25MB constant is fairly fast, the best we can get where we are is a 2Mb connection, so no more than 250KB/s.

 

[wafflehammer]

??? im talking about my isp speed so 10mb equates to 1.25MB

as i said before..they are measured differently


divide your isp speed by 8 and it'll give you basically what your max download speed with be