Typically how fast is a standard dial up connection?

Answer 1

In theory 56k, typically 44kb/s

Answer 2

I am assuming you mean 56k dialup and please be careful not to confuse kbps with KB/s.

The lowercase 'k' means its 1000 and and uppercase 'K' means 1024. The lowercase 'b' means bits and the uppercase 'B' means bytes.

I believe that kbps stands for kilobits per second. 1 kilobit is 1000 bits. KB/s stands for kilobytes per second. 1 Kilobyte is 1024 bytes.

A 56k modem is 56,000 bits and there are 8 bits in 1 byte. So with some basic math (56000 / 8) we can see that the maximum throughput inclusive of overheads is 7000 Bytes per second, which equates to 6.835 Kilobytes per second when you divide that result by 1024.

Answer 3

It is definitely 56 kb/s (kilobits per second) and not 512 kb/s as our admin friend has said. (This is the supposed maximum transfer rate, though it is usually lower than that. 56 kb/s is equivalent to 7 kB/s (kilobytes) so what you see onscreen may look way below what you're expecting it to display.)

Of course, there are also slower modems that operate at a reduced rate than that.

Answer 4

dial up is never FAST a 56k dial up connection will probably never reach that speed.

Broadband is so widely available these days it's not worth bothering with standard dial up.

Answer 5

56 kilobits per second (except that speed is achieved through compression so you don't generally get more then 33k for things which aren't mainly text, like the HTML component of webpages).

In comparison, typical broadband speeds in the UK are 512 to 8192 kbps.

Answer 6

Depend's on the modem your using at the time they are all different.

Answer 7

512kbps in the uk here contact me im an admin

Answer 8

think its 56kbps