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« on: May 12, 2006, 17:41:29 »
Anyone know what speed 2.2mbps is? is it 1,2,3meg?
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« Reply #1 on: May 12, 2006, 17:49:55 »
It's a little over 2 meg, about average without going onto bulldog and the like
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« Reply #2 on: May 12, 2006, 18:11:54 »
Take a look at www.adslguide.org

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« Reply #3 on: May 12, 2006, 20:10:07 »
telewest have just doubled all there broadband speeds for no extra cost
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« Reply #4 on: May 12, 2006, 20:35:55 »
Quote from: "muddyjames"
Anyone know what speed 2.2mbps is? is it 1,2,3meg?


2.2 :wink:
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« Reply #5 on: May 12, 2006, 20:38:23 »
I didnt know what mpbs meant.
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« Reply #6 on: May 12, 2006, 20:48:11 »
Mega Byte Per Second
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« Reply #7 on: May 12, 2006, 20:52:42 »
megabits per second.

where mega means thousand and it's in bits because that way it's eight times higher.  (yes, mega should mean 1024 x 1024, but then the numbers wouldn't look as impressive)
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