Calculating broadband connection

If someone has a max download connection around 122 KB/sec how do you work
out what his connection speed is (eg is it 1mb, 2mb, etc)?

Thanks

On Sun, 9 Oct 2005 12:50:06 +0100, "ScoobyDoo"
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>If someone has a max download connection around 122 KB/sec how do you work
>out what his connection speed is (eg is it 1mb, 2mb, etc)?
>
>Thanks
>

I would say it is most likely 1 meg

"Dave" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 9 Oct 2005 12:50:06 +0100, "ScoobyDoo"
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
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>>If someone has a max download connection around 122 KB/sec how do you work
>>out what his connection speed is (eg is it 1mb, 2mb, etc)?
>>
>>Thanks
>>
>
> I would say it is most likely 1 meg

And how do you work that out?

"ScoobyDoo" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> If someone has a max download connection around 122 KB/sec how do you work
> out what his connection speed is (eg is it 1mb, 2mb, etc)?
>
> Thanks
>
>

Divide by 122 to get Mb/sec, LOL.

L.

ScoobyDoo wrote in
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> "Dave" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>> On Sun, 9 Oct 2005 12:50:06 +0100, "ScoobyDoo"
>> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
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>>> If someone has a max download connection around 122 KB/sec how do
>>> you work out what his connection speed is (eg is it 1mb, 2mb, etc)?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>
>> I would say it is most likely 1 meg
>
> And how do you work that out?

There are 8 bits per byte. By the time you've added in network overheads,
the byte rate is roughly 1/10 of the bit rate - or looking at it the
opposite way round, multiply the byte rate by 10 to get the bit rate. All
very approximate, but it gives a rough estimate.

"ScoobyDoo" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "Dave" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> > On Sun, 9 Oct 2005 12:50:06 +0100, "ScoobyDoo"
> > <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> >
> >>If someone has a max download connection around 122 KB/sec how do
you work
> >>out what his connection speed is (eg is it 1mb, 2mb, etc)?
> >>
> >>Thanks
> >>
> >
> > I would say it is most likely 1 meg
>
> And how do you work that out?

56K = 6
512K = 60
1MB = 125
2MB = 250
4MB = 500
....

Just multiply the 122KB/s by 8 to get the Kb/s then divide by 1024 to get
the Mb/s.

"Dan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Just multiply the 122KB/s by 8 to get the Kb/s then divide by 1024 to get
> the Mb/s.

Thank you Dan, very concise and to the point - just what I wanted to know.

Cheers mate.

In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, Dave
<(E-Mail Removed)> writes
>On Sun, 9 Oct 2005 12:50:06 +0100, "ScoobyDoo"
><(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>If someone has a max download connection around 122 KB/sec how do you work
>>out what his connection speed is (eg is it 1mb, 2mb, etc)?
>>
>>Thanks
>>
>
>I would say it is most likely 1 meg

122*8 = 976 Kbps (1 Mbps) connection speed.

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> There are 8 bits per byte. By the time you've added in network overheads,
> the byte rate is roughly 1/10 of the bit rate - or looking at it the
> opposite way round, multiply the byte rate by 10 to get the bit rate. All
> very approximate, but it gives a rough estimate.

What network overheads? And what 1/10? Where did you find such an info?

m.