bits & bytes I still don't get it.

[mikemean]

I'm bad at figuring this out. Anyway, does 150 KB/sec = 1.5 Mbit/sec?? So if I am downlaoding at 150 KB/sec that would be at my cap of 1.5Mbit down?

[cyberskye]

A byte is 8 bits. KB (should) = kilobytes. Kb (should) = kilobits. Unfortunately these conventions are not always used. your 150 KB(ytes) = 1200 Kb(its) or 1.2 Mb(its)

Big 'b' means larger unit.

Have fun,

Skye

[mikemean]

So this

Your download speed : 1442370 bps, or 1442 kbps.
Browsers would show : about a 176 k/sec transfer rate.

Would be about 1.4 Mbits?

And if I am downloading at around 180 KB/sec that would be roughly be 1.5 Mbit?

[damaged]

correct

[Illini25]

Here's something i found a few threads above this one:

Kilobits 103 one thousand bits 1,000 bits.
Kbps 103 power bps 1,000 bits per second
KBps 103 power bytes/s 1,000 bytes per second
Megabits 106 one million bits 1,000,000 bits.
Mbps 106 power bps 1,000,000 bits per second
MBps 106 power bytes/s 1,000,000 bytes per second
Gigabits 109 one billion bits 1,000,000,000 bits.
Gbps 109 power bps 1,000,000,000 bits per second
GBps 109 power bytes/s 1,000,000,000 bytes per second
Kilobytes 103 one thousand 1,000
Megabytes 106 one million 1,000,000
Gigabytes 109 one billion 1,000,000,000
Terabytes 1012 one trillion 1,000,000,000,000
Petabytes 1015 one quadrillion 1,000,000,000,000,000
Exabytes 1018 one quintillion 1,000,000,000,000,000,000
Zettabytes 1021 one sextillion 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
Yottabytes 1024 one septillion 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
Googol 10100 ten duotrigintillion 100 zeros, no space here!
Googolplex 10Googol one googolplex Not in my lifetime

hope this can help you out in any way.

[blebs]

You can get a free copy of Convert (http://www.speedcorp.net/downloads/convert.exe) and play around with it to your hearts content