I had known for a long time and now finally. It’s here! The 2mbps revolution is here!! Well, what is this so-called revolution? I’ll tell you what it is. You see the most popular conventional internet connection in India is or should I say was broadband, the connection which gives you the speed of 256 kbps. Which was also a kind of fraud in the sense that people used to think that there download speeds would actually goup to 256 kilo “bytes” per hour. Whereas the actual speed was 256 kilo “bits”. Now you see This is where everything went haywire. The difference between kilobytes and kilobits is that 1 kilo-byte equals 8 kilo-bits. Yes if you think that this means that even 1 mega-byte per second(1 mBps) equals 8 mega-bits (8 mbps). You may have noticed that everytime you see the speed given on any advertizing board they always talk about a 256 kbps connection and not about a 256kBps connection. What’s the difference? If you haven’t figured it out yet let me tell you the diference. mbps stands for mega-bits per second whereas mBps stands for mega-bytes per second.
The download speed is measured in kBps. So, if you do the math you get that you are actually recieving 256/8 kBps which is (32kBps) of data that is why your download speed never goes beyond 32 kBps for an appreciativley long period of time. Another sad case of mass fooling of customers by even more retarded companies. If you’re internet connection comes from MTNL, you just want to check out the section “Revolution” for The 2mbps revolution.
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