> HDDs, RAM, network speed were base-2 (e.g. 1TB = 1024GB) for most of my life No, network speeds are the exception in that they have always used base-10 for a

> HDDs, RAM, network speed were base-2 (e.g. 1TB = 1024GB) for most of my life No, network speeds are the exception in that they have always used base-10 for a long time. For example, the basic ISDN data rate of 64kbit/s is exactly 64000 bits/s (8000 samples of 8-bit PCM per second); a 9.6k modem is 9600 bits/s; a 10 megabit Ethernet link is 10000000 bits/s; and so on.