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Old 10-03-2014, 09:49 AM #8
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Someone either fudged the facts or misunderstood the terminology; you need a 10gbps connection to download 800MB in under a second. A 1gbps connection would take 8 seconds. Not that that wouldnt still be amazing.

The "b" in gbps refers to bits, not bytes. There are 10 bits in a byte. E.g. a 50mbps current fibre optic connection downloads a file at 5MB (megabytes) per second, not 50. Currently an 800MB film takes 2 minutes 40 seconds on a 50mbps connection, not 24 seconds.

Of course this mixed terminology is deliberately designed to confuse broadband consumers, in my opinion, and at some point we should make the switch to referring to broadband speeds in mega / gigabytes not bits in retail terms.

Just being pedantic...
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