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Old 08-08-2007, 05:31 PM
Slim420 Slim420 is offline
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745 kbps download and 131 upload speed.

Is that anything near 3.0? I am clueless about what these numbers mean.
Ok, in terms of computers, data is measured in bits and bytes. There are 8 bits in a single byte, 1024 bytes to a kilobyte, 1024 kilobytes to a megabyte, 1024 megabytes to a gigabyte, 1024 gigabytes to a terabyte.

When read in lowercase (mbps) is megabits (1/8 of a megabyte). If it reads the 'B' in uppercase (mBps) then it's megabytes (same for kilobits and the rest).

745 kbps is "745 kilobits per second" and 3.0 mbps would be 3072 kbps (1024 x 3) so 745 kbps is about 1/4 of 3 mbps.

I hope this helps, if you are unclear about any of it feel free to ask.
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