Re: Confused someone please explain this to me----
- From: John Navas <spamfilter0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 19:53:11 GMT
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In <1138734497.077073.245950@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> on 31 Jan 2006
11:08:17 -0800, "Robert" <sogetitnow@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>With my wireless connection when I hold mouse pointer over 'connection'
>in system tray it says 54mbps.
>Results of speedtest on a site:
>Download 4716kbps
>Upload 1167kbps
>Is 4716kbps same as 4.716mbps?
Essentially yes.
>Is this mega or milli bytes?
mega as in 1,000,000 or 1,048,576 (depending on how the software is written).
milli would be 1/1000.
bits, not bytes.
>Someone tell me if I am correct in my conversion; also what actually
>does it mean when you hold pointer over icon in system tray and it says
>54mbps(is that million??)
That's megabits as in millions of bits per second, the maximum speed of
802.11g Wi-Fi. Your actual speed may vary.
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