PDA

View Full Version : download / bits / math question


Dude
12-29-2006, 02:09 AM
my services says that I can download at 16 mbs,

so that is 16 megabits per second.

there are 1024 bits to a byte, so that works out to 15k per second

however, it only takes me about 7 seconds to download a 5 meg file.

(and I swear I downloaded a 5 meg file in 3 seconds the other day)

anyway, 15k for 7 seconds should be only be 100k not 5 megs????

can someone tell me what conversion I am doing wrong?