what's in a bit? (Re: [plug] Mailing list archive)

[Matt Kemner]

On Wed, 6 Sep 2000, Richard Sharpe wrote:

> >Australia uses E1 lines, which are 2Mb as opposed to 1.5Mb which also
> 
> That should be 2.048Mbps as opposed to 1.544Mbps. T1 consistes of a frame

If you define 1Mb = 1 000 kbits, sure.
To me, 1Mb is 1024kb so an E1 with 32x64kb channels is 2048kb which is 2Mb
If you're defining 1Mb as 1 000 000 bits (to be consistent) you'd end up
with 2.097Mb

I think you'll find however that most people use 1Mb=1024kb=(1024^2)b
when talking about bandwidth (unless they're selling it to you) so I
don't quite understand how you can say I was wrong for saying 2Mb

 - Matt