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benhotw

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#32194 15-Apr-2009 23:00
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im using telecom right now and just wen to Vodafone website to check the speed
i want to ask what is the diff between kbps and KB/sec
why it would say 900 kbps but only 110 KB/sec??

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  #207178 15-Apr-2009 23:08
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Hi There,

There are 8 bits in a Byte

so 900 kilobits per second divided by eight equals 112.5 kilobytes per second

little b is bits, big b is bytes.



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  #207211 16-Apr-2009 08:06
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thanks mate!

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