Re: Confused someone please explain this to me----

Is this your only internet option, I see the cox part in your email
address, you can't get a cable modem?

Yes it is and no I can't.

"Rico" <rico_001@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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In article <7vXHf.1913$Tf3.16@dukeread09>, "Monica"
<monicakm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
OK, let's try this again <g>

Just signed up for wireless (the only provider in town) and doing some
research on what to expect. I was told by the provider that I could
expect
downloads of 64KB and connect at 512Kbps.
This looks much MUCH slower than the numbers I'm seeing here and certainly
doesn't look "high speed" altho
it's a lot faster than my current dialup connection of 44Kbps and 4.8KB.
Am
I reading/calculating this right? If so
I sure don't seem to be getting much for $600 startup fee and $49 a month
:o
Monica

Is this your only internet option, I see the cox part in your email
address, you can't get a cable modem?

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From: "__spc__" <s p a m t i m e @ n t l w o r l d . c o m>
Newsgroups: alt.internet.wireless
Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 12:50 AM
Subject: Re: Confused someone please explain this to me----



"Robert" <sogetitnow@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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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?
Is this mega or milli 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??)
Thank you.
Sorry for my ignorance.

8 Mbps (megabits per second) = 1 MB/sec (megabytes per
second).

So 54Mbps = 6.75MB/sec. Actual throughput on WiFi-g (I believe) is
half,
so at
best, you'll get 3-3.5MB/sec transfer speeds.

Depending on the siting of your clients and router, interference will
reduce this rate, as will encryption.



"Monica" <monicakm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Just signed up for wireless (the only provider in town) and doing some
research on what to expect. I was told that
"__spc__" <s p a m t i m e @ n t l w o r l d . c o m> wrote in message
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"Robert" <sogetitnow@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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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?
Is this mega or milli 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??)
Thank you.
Sorry for my ignorance.

8 Mbps (megabits per second) = 1 MB/sec (megabytes per
second).

So 54Mbps = 6.75MB/sec. Actual throughput on WiFi-g (I believe) is
half,
so at
best, you'll get 3-3.5MB/sec transfer speeds.

Depending on the siting of your clients and router, interference will
reduce this rate, as will encryption.







fundamentalism, fundamentally wrong.


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