AltF4

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[–] AltF4@lemm.ee 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Ah, by the way, no imprecise language. Lowercase b = bit. Uppercase B = Byte. Gigabit and Gigabyte.

To get Gigabyte bandwidth, divide the Gigabits by 8 (8 bits in 1 byte)

So, 250MB per 1sec, or 2GB in 8sec.

[–] AltF4@lemm.ee 5 points 3 days ago

Quite likely it is 2Gb/sec (250MB/sec)

I am on a "1 Gig plan" (fiber,but with another provider) and I am able to upload AND download at nearly 1Gb (more close to 970M).

Main advantage over garbage like Comcast is the upload speed, which most US companies slash, trying to turn Internet into "consumption focused" medium, rather than exchange medium.

[–] AltF4@lemm.ee 20 points 4 days ago (8 children)

You probably don't need 2GB. Maybe even not 1GB. I have 1GB Internet and love the speeds, but unless I'm downloading a game from steam, I never really max it out.

That said, for someone who grew up before the Internet and experienced 28K modems (and slower), it's hella rude to sometimes just run ookla speed test for kicks.

[–] AltF4@lemm.ee 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I dared suggest the humor of Rockstar studios is bad and stated I didn't much care for GTA6. That shit got NUKED.