Internet speeds... never?

[FloppyHunter]

Ok, now this is really stupid.
Im on 8mb BT internet, but because of the exchange near me we only get 5mb

Download : 5mb
Upload : 400kb

So, why is this never correct? We only ever download max 500kb which is 10% of the download speed. And we only ever upload at 40kb which is 10% of the upload?

Where do they get these speeds from??

Regards,
Hunter // John

[Big_Tex]

no that is correct if your pipe is syncing at 5mb down and 400kb up then your speeds you posted are correct not 10% of the pipe where talking kilobits.
1 Kilobyte (KB) = 8 Kilobits (Kb)
1 Megabyte (MB) = 1024 Kilobytes

1 kbps = 1000 bps
1 KB/s = 1024 B/s
1 KB/s = 8.192 kbps
1 kbps = .1221 KB/s

KB/s to kbps
Take KB/s and multiply by 8.192
Example
100KB/s = 819.2kbps

kbps to KB/s
Take kbps and divide by 8.192 (or multiply by .1221)
Example
1000kbps = 122KB/s

[FloppyHunter]

Ahhh, thanks mate. Glad somebody understands :P

Thanks again,
Hunter