Broadband Package
June 29, 2009
For example you apply for a plan in this local ISP (internet service provider) which says “up to 328kbps speed”. After they installed it you browsed your favourite music somewhere else or favourite movie and noticed you only have a maximum of 41kB/s speed which sometimes goes lower but it never surpasses it. So you think you’ve been fooled with the “Speed up to 328kbps!”? You’re wrong.
So how?
Most broadband advertisements are in kbps (kiloBITS/sec). For example in that 328kbps speed, it only means it can go maximum of 41kBps (kilobytes/sec). The term “kbps” used in advertisements are like perfumes or just to make it a little intriguing… so before applying for the package. Make sure you have a calculator to divide that “kbps” speed in 8 to get the “kBps” maximum.
Q: say kbps and kBps are the same, aren’t they?
A: absolutely not kbps is kiloBIT per second while kBps is kiloBYTES per second, well 7bit are equal to 1 byte. How about that for a change?
Q: i have a 1Mbps plan. Can I download movies at a glance?
A: divide it by 8 you’ll get 128kBps speed. Hmm maybe faster
Q: the internet speedometer on this site says I have a .32Mbps connection and I can download music for 2 minutes. Is it true?
A: nope. Beside for the term they use it also adds the factor of delays. Sometimes it’s so fast sometimes its goes down. It’s just an approximation
Q: Can you make my internet connection faster?
A: Can you pay for more?
Q: I have read an article saying with this program I can boost my speed up to 20%. Is it true?
A: Have tried one and it only fixes or tweaks some registry in your system to maximize the internet usage. Saying your connection goes up and down. It stabilizes it for better performance.
Q: Dont you have anything to say?
A: absolutely, yes
