On Wed, Jun 04, 2003 at 04:01:14AM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Wed, Jun 04, 2003 at 09:53:15PM +1200, Richard Hector wrote: > > The trouble is it isn't standard. SI is a standard; the binary stuff has > > broken it. But it hasn't even broken it consistently; when talking about > > storage we use powers of 2, but when talking about bandwidth we don't. So > > how long will it take me to transfer this file? Beats me. > > You sure about that? If bandwidth isn't base 2, then I *really* suck > at math and still come up with the right answer to "how long will it take?"
Bandwidth is complicated 1 Mbit/sec = 1024000 bits/second (at least for some kinds of link). This is because some links (at least ISDN in europe) are built from 64000 bit/sec links (at least logically), and 16 or 32 of them is a convenient often used unit. This makes 1024000 or 2048000 bits/sec or 1 or 2 Mbit/s. I don't know if this is true for all kinds of link, but... (And no, this is not made up by marketing people) Frank -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
