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Old 06-14-07, 11:00 PM   #60
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Originally Posted by elite_hunter_sh3
ok dailup is 56kb/s ... 2.2mb is 2200ish kb... divide by 56... u get around 40.22 or so seconds..... and the rest of the page is a megabyte or 2 more....another 2min or so...
Wrong. Analogue dialup is 56kbit, 2.2MB is around 2200 kByte. 56kbit/s=7kByte/s (at best, usually itīs more like 5kByte/s). 2000/7=286 seconds.

Here are the proper abbreviations btw:

kb=kilobit
kB=kiloByte
Mb=Megabit
MB=MegaByte

Last edited by Gizzmoe; 06-14-07 at 11:24 PM.
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