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My dial up runs 46Kbits
My 5 Mhz DSL runs 4.6Mbits
My brand new 2.4 Mhz wireless averages less than 100K - varies from a low of
52K to a high of about 115K.
If they can't improve the wireless performance it is going back.
Regards,
Ann-Marie Foster,
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From: "Henrik Hudson" <>
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Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 12:41 AM
Subject: Re: lv-ab: RE: T&T: Internet access comparisons.
> Also, those numbers below are misinterpeted. You're mixing up bites and
> bits.
>
> Dial-up: 56Kbits (theoretical max; actual about 42Kbits) which equates to
> about 3.5Kbytes actual download speed on a good day on a clear line.
> You'll
> probably see closer to 2.5Kbytes on most lines.
>
> DSL: 5Mbits which is about 300-400Kbytes of download speed. Depending on
> the
> provider that's also just the "burst" rate and they throttle it down after
> a
> few seconds to a slower speed for each request.
>
> Wireless: using trhe 2.4M then you'd be getting about 250Kbytes or so of
> download speed on the high-end, but probably closer to the 200Kbytes range
>
> Really, anything over about 50Kbytes (this equates to the old 768Kbits DSL
> connections speeds) or so is plenty fast for email, surfing, etc...
>
> ie: the 2.4Mbit speed of the wireless should be plenty. Even the 59Kbyte
> speed
> will run circles around the 3Kbyte of dial-up.
>
> Yes, they (the cable / phone / wireless) guys make this confusing on
> purpose :)
>
> Hope that helped.
>
> Henrik
>
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