OT Internet wars

[Leonard Chatagnier]

--- On Thu, 2/12/09, Christopher Chan <christopher.chan at bradbury.edu.hk> wrote:

> From: Christopher Chan <christopher.chan at bradbury.edu.hk>
> Subject: Re: OT Internet wars
> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Date: Thursday, February 12, 2009, 9:30 PM
> > I'm not sure what either set of numbers mean or how
> to com[are
> > them but I get with ATTYahoo DSL pro, supposed to be 3
> M service,
> > with download rates or 210+ MB/sec using aptitude
> upgrade. I think the
> > number units are correct and pretty fast for DSL. As
> for the non-US persons info, I pay ~ $25.00 per month for my
> service. this topic has
> > gotten a little OT, but it would be easier to
> understand if everyone used the same units, at least for
> this old man.-:))
> > Leonard Chatagnier
> > lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net
> > 
> 
> Your 210 MB should be 210 KB and then the numbers will be
> correct. A 
> 3mbit connection is about 300 kilobyte (KB) per second.
> 
> I being on a 10mbit connection can get 1MB per second
> download speeds.
> 
> 
Thanks for the clarification.  You are most likely correct.
But, I'll have to wait for another upgrade to come up to
check it myself using aptitude upgrade(err, that's safe-upgrade).
Would be nice to get over 3 times my download rate-:))
Leonard Chatagnier
lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net