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

[Shackleton, Kevin]

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I notice that Telstra Bigpond site is covered with references about 'mb' -
they offer rates of millibits apparently, where others might try to aim for
megabyes ('MB').

K.

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> From: 	Matt Kemner[SMTP:zombie at wasp.net.au]
> 
> 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
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