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Internet Speed and Transfer Rates
A dial-up account has a maximum speed of up to 53.3 kb/sec. A broadband account download/upload may be up to 256/256 kbps or say up to 1500/384 kbps.
The Transfer Rate is a conversion from bits to Bytes, there are 8 bits to a Byte. For communication data 1000 bits = 1kb. We will actually be converting kilobits to kilobytes. The reason for this conversion is the download window will show how fast the file downloaded in kilobytes per second.
- The speed is measured per second
- The Transfer Rate is all about the time it takes for a web page to load or to download a file, measured in kB/sec:
Chart
| Package Speed | Maximum Transfer Rate | A Reasonable Transfer Rate |
| 53.3k (dial-up) | 6.6625 kB/sec | 5 kB/sec |
| 256k (broadband) | 32 kB/sec | 26 kB/sec |
| 1500k (broadband) | 187.5 kB/sec | 135 kB/sec |
The "/" means divided by. Formula:
kilobits / 8 = kilobytes
orkb / 8 = kB
Calculate the Maximum Transfer Rate based on the "up to" package an Internet Service Provider will advertise. Can use the figures from the Chart to get a feel for it. Please make use of Speed Test Sites links to test your Internet speed. Most speed test sites will give you both kb and kB.
kbps / 8 = 0 kBps
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