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Not how it’s usually measured…link speed is pretty much always in bits/s
by cpfohl 3y ago
Not how it’s usually measured…link speed is pretty much always in bits/s
- LoganDark 3y agoI don't measure file size in bits. I don't want to multiply/divide by 8 when roughly estimating how long a download will take. I end up doing 10 instead for maximum ease and pessimism.
- bombcar 3y agoAt least it’s no longer in baud.
- cpfohl 3y agoLink speed has always been measured in bits/s or as sibling comment suggests baud which is, still, just bits per second. Obviously a huge part of this is marketing for modems, ISPs, network cards, etc. but it’s consistent. The conversion to GB/s is fairly simple and doable with the super key, or super space on Mac in every modern OS… I agree with you that the difference is irritating, but wouldn’t have done any different if I were Cloudflare.
- denton-scratch 3y ago> baud which is, still, just bits per second. Isn't the baud-rate the number of signal transitions per second? How that maps to bits per second depends on the wire encoding.
- cpfohl 3y agoThis is probably more accurate! I was relying on fuzzy memories from an era long past! Thanks for the correction.
- LoganDark 3y ago> The conversion to GB/s is fairly simple and doable with the super key, or super space on Mac in every modern OS… Or the dedicated button on my keyboard that spawns a calculator. I don't care, though.
- jsd1982 3y agoBut it's not measuring link speed directly. It's measuring transfer rate through TCP which is byte oriented. It's not possible to receive partial bytes via TCP (or UDP for that matter).
- eviks 3y agoSo what if it's usually bad?