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Old 21-03-2005, 15:38   #922
Chris W
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Re: *ALL* Speed Upgrade Discussion In Here Please (Part 4)

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Originally Posted by derekm
Hi,

Could someone possibly confirm the rough download speed I should be achieving on a 1mb connection. I have just been upgraded from the 300k service and am a little confused by kb/s as opposed to KB/s

I used the speed test page posted in this thread and average speed is 1049 kbits/sec. If thats about right for a 1mb connection then i'm happy, but I just wanted to make sure.

Many thanks
That is as it should be

The 1meg service should provide you around 1024kilobits (kbs) per second, and this equates to 128kilobytes (kBs)- however you will see slightly lower speeds than this when downloading because of overheads.
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