11-28-2016, 07:08 PM
Yes looks like I typo'd the MB vs. Mbps... LOL :'( Not the same
Googled info and an example for perspective: I didn't confirm the math but seems about right.
People often assume that a download speed of 1 Megabit per second (1 Mbps) will allow them to download a 1 Megabyte file in one second. This is not the case, a Megabit is 1/8 as big as a Megabyte, meaning that to download a 1MB file in 1 second you would need a connection of 8Mbps.
Example:
A 3.6 gigabytes (which is 3,686 megabytes) file. If one were truly downloading at 12 megabytes per second (MB/s), would take only 5 minutes and 7 seconds to download. However, a data plan with speeds of “up to” 12 megabits (Mb/s), which means at full throttle it should take about 40 minutes and 57 seconds to download.
Googled info and an example for perspective: I didn't confirm the math but seems about right.
People often assume that a download speed of 1 Megabit per second (1 Mbps) will allow them to download a 1 Megabyte file in one second. This is not the case, a Megabit is 1/8 as big as a Megabyte, meaning that to download a 1MB file in 1 second you would need a connection of 8Mbps.
Example:
A 3.6 gigabytes (which is 3,686 megabytes) file. If one were truly downloading at 12 megabytes per second (MB/s), would take only 5 minutes and 7 seconds to download. However, a data plan with speeds of “up to” 12 megabits (Mb/s), which means at full throttle it should take about 40 minutes and 57 seconds to download.
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