Adsl question

[JonPet]

Hi, I've currently got a 4mb dsl line with Telkom, I get 350kbs to 400kbs download speed on a good day.
I want to know if I downgrade to a 2mb line will i get even lower speed? or will I get the same seeing that I'm not even close to 1mb.
And also, will it affect my streaming?

I'm in Cape Town Mitchells plain area. Thankyou.

 

[Rickster]

1MegaBit = 1Meg = 128 KiloBytes/s

4MegaBit = 4Meg = ~400 KiloBytes/s

10MegaBit = 10Meg = 1024 KiloBytes/s = 1MegaByte

So you are getting the correct speed for a 4Meg

 

[Johnatan56]

Yes, it will affect your streaming, you will have more buffering if you downgrade and will have to decrease the quality to stream without buffering.

 

[Willy Strong]

The Difference between a Megabyte (MB) and a Megabit (Mb)

One thing that often gives people confusion is the difference between a Megabyte (used for file size) and a Megabit (used for download speeds). 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. The difference between a Gigabyte (GB) and a Gigabit (Gb) is the same, with a Gigabyte being 8 times larger than a Gigabit.

 

[JonPet]

Thanx guys, I'm one of those people that was confused with the two, but its crystal clear now thanx