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Link 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 marke
by cpfohl 3y ago
Link 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.