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most off the time it is even 10 times higher then the real speed in kB...

That's in practise. In reality, it's done because 1 byte = 8 bits. Seeing as they both begin with a B it's confusing when they get abbrieviated. I'm sure you're supposed to capitalise one and not the other, but I'm not sure which.

The extra speed "loss" is usually caused by latency (via distance or slow packet-acknowledgement) or just slow servers.

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That's in practise. In reality, it's done because 1 byte = 8 bits. Seeing as they both begin with a B it's confusing when they get abbrieviated. I'm sure you're supposed to capitalise one and not the other, but I'm not sure which.

The extra speed "loss" is usually caused by latency (via distance or slow packet-acknowledgement) or just slow servers.

bit is b and byte is B
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Great then i guess i got 2094kbps download and 380 upload...  EDIT:I tried it in IE, and i got a much slower speed

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RE: Whats your Connection speed?
i have 5mbit down and 800kbit up, but its about as reliable as a pidgen couriour in the 21st century, so i may be changing isps.
Currently i'm on rogers cable, but i really don't have speed issues (since its a shared pipe) just connectivity issues.

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Distance isn't correct, since they placed me way up past Hudson's bay based on ip.

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128 kb down, [3 GB quota] 20 $/month :(

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1,5Mbit/s down and 300Kbit/s up :)
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Mine kinda sucks but i have to bear with it :undecided:
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512 Kbps down
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