2007-05-31 03:49:48 · 5 answers · asked by Krishna Chaitanya 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
128kbps is really only downloading at 16KBps. There is a difference between kb (kilobit) and KB (kilobyte)...there are 8 bits in a byte, so take 128 divided by 8 and get 16 (your actual download speed that shows). If you are doing anything else, that will knock the speed down a lot.
2007-05-31 03:54:01 · answer #1 · answered by Yoi_55 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
kbps means kilobytes per second. Basically, its a transfer rate, or the speed at which dowloads to your computer will happen. The Base means that they will guarantee at least that under ideal conditions when a server isn't experiencing heavy load. Max means that no matter what your connection won't get faster than that because the company will put a stop on the transfer rate. Don't know what the download limits are, I can only assume that you are contacting a satellite internet provider and those are the transfer limits they are setting for you for bandwith, but those seem a little low.
2016-05-17 12:38:29 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The alloted bandwidth is 128 but in reality the transfer rate will be much less. But if you have a DSL connection you should get around 9-10 Kbps. contact yor service provider
2007-05-31 03:54:14 · answer #3 · answered by Shan 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It also depends what files you're downloading, some websites will just be slow. Try searching for an internet speed test, such as http://www.speedtest.net/
2007-05-31 04:48:29 · answer #4 · answered by nehpets 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
see this:http://www.uie.com/articles/download_time/
then see this:http://myspeed.visualware.com/
Enjoy!!!
2007-05-31 03:55:30 · answer #5 · answered by rohit k 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋