How do you check what kind of internet connection you have?

Jeff · Post by **Jeff** » Fri Sep 05, 2003 2:55 pm

get your bits and bytes str8 lewlzors
1 byte = 8 bits

ExtremeDrinker · Post by **ExtremeDrinker** » Fri Sep 05, 2003 3:05 pm

8 bits per byte. Most modems use 9 bits to transmit
a byte (8 bits, no parity, 1 stopbit).

The "kilo" in "kilobit per second" stands for
1000, not 1024 as is customary when describing
memory and harddisk size.

You mean like that?

This means Megatron's Modem speed is "0.33039999999999997Mbs"

http://ssmedia.com/Utilities/Calculator/
http://www.numion.com/Calculators/Time.html
http://home.comcast.net/~compwiz24/down ... ulator.htm
http://virtualgraphicsworld.freeservers ... ulator.htm

Megatron · Post by **Megatron** » Fri Sep 05, 2003 4:13 pm

ITS SLOW thats all that's important? cheers mate

ExtremeDrinker · Post by **ExtremeDrinker** » Fri Sep 05, 2003 9:41 pm

Yeah..Sometimes I go a bit overboard when I get worked up. Always amazes me when people seem to know so little...Seems like computers are so common now that everyone should know the in'n'outs of them.

Viktor · Post by **Viktor** » Fri Sep 05, 2003 10:22 pm

You boys need to stop spending your paper round money on 3rd rate weed and copies of "Crack Whore Monthly" and get a decent broadband connection!

Don't you know a dial up is soooo last Millenium?

ExtremeDrinker · Post by **ExtremeDrinker** » Sat Sep 06, 2003 5:06 am

I've been broadband since 1998....Went on a dialup for a few months when I lived on my own and got super poor...I've been using the internet since around 93 (when some of you were in in preschool)...I've kept up with the connection trends, and with computers in general...

OnTheBounce · Post by **OnTheBounce** » Sat Sep 06, 2003 7:01 am

Viktor wrote:...copies of "Crack Whore Monthly"...

Uh...I only read it for the stimulating political articles... :oops:

Viktor wrote:Don't you know a dial up is soooo last Millenium?

What you need to do now is to put on a derby, some eye liner, grab a bat and walk around saying, "My IT is the very height of fashion!" :p

POOPERSCOOPER · Post by **POOPERSCOOPER** » Sat Sep 06, 2003 7:07 am

Viktor wrote:You boys need to stop spending your paper round money on 3rd rate weed and copies of "Crack Whore Monthly" and get a decent broadband connection!

Don't you know a dial up is soooo last Millenium?

My dad got broadband like 5-6 years ago, when everones like" LEWL WHY IS THER NO FUNNY NOISE AT AOL START". I wear fine suits everyday and drink fine wine with cavare too, and throw money at the wolf hunts in Huntingten Dale.

Viktor · Post by **Viktor** » Sun Sep 07, 2003 1:50 pm

OnTheBounce wrote:
Viktor wrote:Don't you know a dial up is soooo last Millenium?
What you need to do now is to put on a derby, some eye liner, grab a bat and walk around saying, "My IT is the very height of fashion!" :p

You've been watching Rex Harrison movies again, haven't you OTB?

Trakocian · Post by **Trakocian** » Mon Sep 08, 2003 1:48 am

When a modem has 56K as a label, that stands for the theoretical maximum that the modem can perform. Most dial-ups operate at 10-20% and this is based on compression of the files and transmission line quality. Unless you are the only one using a T1+ connection, you will have to wait for optical modems before a computer's internet connection is the bottleneck of data transfer.

Jeff · Post by **Jeff** » Mon Sep 08, 2003 7:00 am

ExtremeDrinker wrote:8 bits per byte. Most modems use 9 bits to transmit
a byte (8 bits, no parity, 1 stopbit).

The "kilo" in "kilobit per second" stands for
1000, not 1024 as is customary when describing
memory and harddisk size.

You mean like that?

This means Megatron's Modem speed is "0.33039999999999997Mbs"

yeah ok
but what i mean is when you divide 56kbps (kilobits per second) by 8 (eight bits in one byte, see) you get the amount of kilobytes (ie the theorethical "download speed",) per second, that's 7 kilobytes per second. It seems that in practice 56k modems aren't usually faster than something like 48kbit though? Like Megatron's connection is 40kbit. some other shit programs probably eat bandwidth too but i dont know much about that i guess

DJG · Post by **DJG** » Mon Sep 08, 2003 6:36 pm

Megatron wrote:nein, if I right click on my HOME SERVER STATUS it says liek 41.2 kbs? But I've never got higher than 6kbs on a download, that's with ie and stuff shut down or something.

no point

:roll:
Wow.

Megatron · Post by **Megatron** » Mon Sep 08, 2003 7:20 pm

iohkus · Post by **iohkus** » Mon Sep 08, 2003 7:24 pm

hey stuf.

Ghetto Goose · Post by **Ghetto Goose** » Mon Sep 08, 2003 7:59 pm

Wasteland/lock plz.

Bridgeburner · Post by **Bridgeburner** » Mon Sep 08, 2003 8:01 pm

no man
http://www.speedtest.nl/TestSuite/TestC ... peID=,8,12,

dunno if it works for other countries yo but the intention is kewl.

axelgreese · Post by **axelgreese** » Mon Sep 08, 2003 9:19 pm

Bridgeburner wrote:no man
http://www.speedtest.nl/TestSuite/TestC ... peID=,8,12,

dunno if it works for other countries yo but the intention is kewl.

lol?

Just type into google "bandwidth speed test" and you should come up a number of them, but of course the distance from the server affects your speed.

(Bandwidth place's server is located in San Antonio Tx, USA)

Kashluk · Post by **Kashluk** » Tue Sep 09, 2003 7:39 am

The number that's printed on the box of your modem, adsl whatever has nothing to do with the actual capacity of the modem/cable whatever. Or, err... well, yes it does, but it isn't the straight amount of SPEED you get when you download shit.

With my 256 / 256 downloading speed is at maximum 28 kb/s.

axelgreese · Post by **axelgreese** » Tue Sep 09, 2003 8:15 pm

Kashluk wrote:The number that's printed on the box of your modem, adsl whatever has nothing to do with the actual capacity of the modem/cable whatever. Or, err... well, yes it does, but it isn't the straight amount of SPEED you get when you download shit.

With my 256 / 256 downloading speed is at maximum 28 kb/s.

Way to be on the ball there kashluk! Speed of your connection is measured in bits, download rates are measured in bytes. Read the thread before posting.