Cool Broadband Speed Test

WiK1d · Post by **WiK1d** » 01 Mar 2007, 17:16

maxxis wrote:kbps = kilobits per second.
kb/s = kilobytes per second.

it is?

Nope

kBps = KB/s = Kilobytes Per Second

kbps = kbps = Kilobits Per Second

And kBps (Theoriatical Max) = kbps / 8

thus a 1024kbps will download at 128kBps

UsMarshal · Post by **UsMarshal** » 01 Mar 2007, 17:20

Remember, Absa is owned by Barklays and we have one hell of and international link through satellite between here and London.

Keigo · Post by **Keigo** » 01 Mar 2007, 17:35

Without BT software~

With BT software~

WiK1d · Post by **WiK1d** » 01 Mar 2007, 17:44

DAE_JA_VOO · Post by **DAE_JA_VOO** » 01 Mar 2007, 17:49

maxxis wrote:kbps = kilobits per second.
kb/s = kilobytes per second.

Forgive my ignorance, but isn't it:

Kb/s = Kilobits per second
KB/s = Kilobytes per second

WiK1d · Post by **WiK1d** » 01 Mar 2007, 17:52

*look up n00bie*

DAE_JA_VOO · Post by **DAE_JA_VOO** » 01 Mar 2007, 17:57

WiK1d wrote:*look up n00bie*

Link is broken n00bie

DAE_JA_VOO wrote:
maxxis wrote:kbps = kilobits per second.
kb/s = kilobytes per second.
Forgive my ignorance, but isn't it:

Kb/s = Kilobits per second
KB/s = Kilobytes per second

Yep, i'm right. if the "B" is lower case, it's bits, if the "B" is upper case, it's bytes.

So, kB/sec is kiloBYTES per second, kb/sec is kiloBITS per second. The "ps" at the end of "kbps" just means "per second".

Think i'm a n00b? Click here

So viceroy and gromit, i dunno what you guys thought the difference between kbps and kb/sec is, but you were both wrong because it's the same thing.

WiK1d · Post by **WiK1d** » 01 Mar 2007, 18:00

*look more up n00bie*

WiK1d wrote:
maxxis wrote:kbps = kilobits per second.
kb/s = kilobytes per second.
it is?

Nope

kBps = KB/s = Kilobytes Per Second

kbps = kbps = Kilobits Per Second

And kBps (Theoriatical Max) = kbps / 8

thus a 1024kbps will download at 128kBps

DAE_JA_VOO · Post by **DAE_JA_VOO** » 01 Mar 2007, 18:02

lol, didn't see your post, i just read the first 2 pages. My bad

Post by **Ron2K** » 01 Mar 2007, 18:41

OK, this is me at home...

About right for 384 kbps ADSL.

DAE_JA_VOO · Post by **DAE_JA_VOO** » 01 Mar 2007, 18:49

My 384 line

AlphA · Post by **AlphA** » 01 Mar 2007, 20:07

My 384K line

thEnaileDonE · Post by **thEnaileDonE** » 01 Mar 2007, 23:20

GPRS FTL

Post by **ryanrich** » 01 Mar 2007, 23:36

384K Line:

Website · Post by **hamin_aus** » 01 Mar 2007, 23:44

Shenanigans

My line is much faster than this.

Post by **ryanrich** » 02 Mar 2007, 06:27

I'll do a test from my office just now, that should be entertaining, they have quite a line...

junjun · Post by **junjun** » 02 Mar 2007, 07:35

speeds are a bit slow today , but il post a better 1 later.

Post by **ryanrich** » 02 Mar 2007, 08:42

Damn it is pretty slow today, mine should be faster than this...

I think if I try this at night it'll cruise, the network is really congested now!

Rayne · Post by **Rayne** » 02 Mar 2007, 08:45

So far I've got the worst ping.

Why?

Post by **KillerByte** » 02 Mar 2007, 11:30

well according to that site my varsity connection is only faster than 20% of the world. SA SUCKS

UsMarshal · Post by **UsMarshal** » 02 Mar 2007, 11:38

And today's test

viceroy · Post by **viceroy** » 02 Mar 2007, 11:40

UsMarshal

do me a favour and time how long it takes to complete the test from the moment you click to start until it brings up the final results dialog

UsMarshal · Post by **UsMarshal** » 02 Mar 2007, 11:42

Sweet 11 seconds

viceroy · Post by **viceroy** » 02 Mar 2007, 11:46

alrighty, just did a test and it took 46 seconds which means your connection is approx 4x faster than mine which should be about 1mb, which is what your upload speed dictates.

Something is definately being cached somewhere on your network leading to your dl speed being so high

UsMarshal · Post by **UsMarshal** » 02 Mar 2007, 11:49

I don't know by how much our firewall throttles our traffic, but we have three separate digitnet lines, the one to Internet Solutions 24Mbps. Remember this is Absa headoffice in JHB CBD, +/- 5000 employees in four separate buildings