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Post by lucy on Jan 16, 2011 23:53:29 GMT -6
I have the option to get high-speed internet finally. But it is not based on min. but megabytes. Does anyone else's go by megabytes? I asked how they compared and they told me you couldn't compare them. I'm lost. Can anybody help?  |
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Post by atillerthethumb on Jan 17, 2011 5:12:52 GMT -6
internet goes by kbs killer bytes per second then megabytes per second then gigabytes
1000 killerbytes is 1 megabyte 1000 megabytes is 1 gigabyte i have a one meg connection your speed will depend on how many megabyte connection you have AKA 1 meg 2 meg 3 meg and so on
however your speed also is affected by a number of other things line quality and distance from you
exchange
but megabytes is a faster connection than killerbytes
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Post by Pharmer Phil on Jan 17, 2011 5:26:37 GMT -6
Lucy, I don't know a thing about hi speed, but, that's cause we have dial up...
I do know this though.
we hook up at a BRAIN DRAINING...SLOW 31.2 kb per sec.
So..If..
1 Mega byte= 1024 kb.
then:
1024 kb. รท 31.2 (our connection)= 32.8205.............
So if you had a 1 meg connection...you'd be connected at 33 (rounded up) time faster than Us....
kilobyte = 1024 bytes................ Commonly rounded down to one thousand bytes.
megabyte = , 1,024 kilobytes.. Commonly rounded down to one million bytes.
gigabyte = 1024 megabytes.... Commonly rounded down to one billion bytes.
terabyte = 1024 gigabytes..... Commonly rounded down to one trillion bytes.
easier to relate to and excepted are....
kb = 1000
mb = 1,000,000
gb = 1,000,000,000
tb = 1,000,000,000,000
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Post by lucy on Jan 18, 2011 1:10:38 GMT -6
Well, I'm still lost but I have signed up for the high speed, it is high speed by satellite. And there is a Gov. program. There is no equipment to buy, no contract, doesn't tie up my phone. I can't wait to try it out. My neighbor got it about a yr ago. She pd $400 for the Satellite and etc. and she pays over $ 70. a month. Mine will be $40 per month. She loves hers. I'll see how it goes, since there is no contract, I can cancel if I don't like it. I am keeping my current internet also. Which is $18 a month plus I pay $8 for Callwave. I hope it works out for me. We'll see.
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