Which is faster, 54mbps or 115.2 kbps

[pktruckdriver]

I am curious which is faster?


One speed is my Verizon wireless card speed. 115.2 Kbps


The other is a Wi-Fi connection to the truckstop. 54 mbps




Patrick

[pktruckdriver]

I want to add they are both small b's not big B's


Otherwords Mbps and Kbps not MBps or KBps


It seems that M would be faster no???




Thanks


Patrick

[facorsig]

115.2 Kbps = 115200 bytes per second

54 mbps = 54000000 bytes per second

The network is (much) faster than your machine. The prefix K (kilo) means 1000x multiplier, prefix M (mega) means 1000000x multiplier, and prefix G (giga) means 1000000000x multiplier.

Small letter prefixes are for fractions. Technically, mbps is milli, 0.001x, but I know where you're coming from. Detail counts.

Fred

[pktruckdriver]

Thank you Sir



So M is faster than K... by a lot of zero's




Thought so




Patrick

[DJofSD]

Lower case "b" is bits. Upper case "B" is bytes -- 8 bits.

[JustRalph]

this is the only thing harder to understand than the daily racing form

[Red Knave]

The other is a Wi-Fi connection to the truckstop. 54 mbps
This should also be less expensive, no?

[rrbauer]

The speed ratings on network devices are what they are capable of. What you actually experience will be less than that and how much less will depend on a variety of factors the most important one being available bandwidth.

[DJofSD]

Or like that old TV commercial: your mileage may vary!

[chickenhead]

I prefer keeping track of things in nibbles per second.

[BillW]

I prefer keeping track of things in nibbles per second.

Being an old school handicapper, I prefer furlongs per fortnight (the speed that some of my prime bets run :lol: )

[DJofSD]

How about a nail per nanosecond?

[raybo]

54 kbps is 468.75 times faster than 115.2 kbps

[dutchboy]

http://www.speedtest.net/

Test your broadband speed.

[Snag]

I prefer keeping track of things in nibbles per second.

How about bottles per hour?