What is faster kilobytes or Megabytes?.
If the ISP is providing 1.5Mbs and the two little monitors on the task bar read speed: 100.0 Mbps
Am I getting what I'm being invoiced?
2007-08-05 16:35:02 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
First, kilo = roughly 1000 (1024 to be exact), while mega = roughly 1,000,000 (1024*1024), so megabytes are bigger than kilobytes. (It's really kilobytes/second and megabytes/second here.)
Second, whatever speed you've been sold is an ideal you'll rarely, if ever, reach. It assumes perfect transmission (no retransmissions because of errors) and no delays because the computer at the ISP is bogged down.
Third, I don't think that 100.0 Mpbs is even what the ISP promises. It's what the Ethernet specification is rated at.
2007-08-05 16:50:48 · answer #1 · answered by The Phlebob 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Smallest to biggest---
bits-bytes-kilobyte-megabyte-terabyte
What the 100 Mbps means is that your adapter is capable of reciving 100. Mbps.
At 1.5mbps your download speeds should be at about 170kb/s max.
2007-08-05 16:50:20 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the two monitors are your network connection. go to yahoo.com and type "modem speed test" try a few of the links to tell u what speed your getting
2007-08-05 16:48:21 · answer #3 · answered by agello24 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Megabytes is faster.
check your internet speed here http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/
Have a good day.
2007-08-05 16:47:50 · answer #4 · answered by steelers 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋