Broadband speed.

Just to clear things up, the differences with MB (Megabyte) and Mb (Megabit)....

MB - this is a measurement of data, such as storage capacity or quantity of memory.

Mb - measurement of the speed of data transfer

Hope that helps :D
 
Just to clear things up, the differences with MB (Megabyte) and Mb (Megabit)....

MB - this is a measurement of data, such as storage capacity or quantity of memory.

Mb - measurement of the speed of data transfer

Hope that helps :D
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Ok OK
I'm on an 8Mb line
;)
 
I'm also going on a 10 minute course this afternoon to learn how to ba a car salesman. ;)
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Bob it will take longer than 10 minutes to learn to talk that much bullsh!t and totally rid yourself of having a conscience :D
 
Just to clear things up, the differences with MB (Megabyte) and Mb (Megabit)....

MB - this is a measurement of data, such as storage capacity or quantity of memory.

Mb - measurement of the speed of data transfer

Hope that helps :D
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Not strictly true.
Both are measures of data storage.
Both divided by seconds are measures of data transfer speed.

However Mb/s is more commonly used for data transfer speed.

Bit like miles and km, both measure distance, and both divided by hours measure speed.
 
Not strictly wrong either though fella.

Although both are measure of data storage, where 8Mb = 1MB, Mb's are widely used when people refer to the network speeds, and MB's when referring to data size.

If someone has 100 MB of free space on a drive, they dont refer to it as having 800 Mb do they? Similarily, if someone has a 10Mb broadband link they dont call it a 1.25 MB line.

Like I said in general people use MB's for data storeage, and Mb for data transfer. Which is what I was pointing out, as some people on the thread were appearing to be confusing the two, therefore was trying to make things a little clearer for them.
 
But you just said the same thing as me in different words.

I covered the fact that they were both data size measurements, and that divided by time they were both speed measurements.

I also said that Mb/s is more commonly used to measure speed.

I think the horse is dead, we don't need to beat it anymore!
 
But you just said the same thing as me in different words.

I covered the fact that they were both data size measurements, and that divided by time they were both speed measurements.

I also said that Mb/s is more commonly used to measure speed.

I think the horse is dead, we don't need to beat it anymore!
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Only one way to solve this!

Take your pens out of your top pockets, unclip your phones from your belts and.......

FIGHT!!!! :D
 
But you just said the same thing as me in different words.

I covered the fact that they were both data size measurements, and that divided by time they were both speed measurements.

I also said that Mb/s is more commonly used to measure speed.

I think the horse is dead, we don't need to beat it anymore!
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I only expanded on my first post cos you came on criticising it, therefore I explained in more detail the point that I was trying to get across.

Rearrange these words into a well known phrase.....

banging head brick like against wall knob you :D
 
banging head brick like against wall knob you :D
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No need for silly child like insults.

You posted some information that was factually incorrect.
I corrected it, and now it's turning into a silly fight.

I understand what you meant, but it wasn't what you posted. Now it's cleared up, perhaps we can move on?
 
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