Google Fiber Launches right here in Kansas City - Web Speeds of 1000Mb/Sec

[TWRoO]

wfz said:

TWRoO said:

Ah... for some reason I thought it was the other way around.... which explains Virgin Media's connection is actually just a tenth of the Google one (assuming their website has the correct termination)

Use this as a failsafe:

I have never, ever, ever seen ISP's use BYTES. Ever. All of them list speeds in Bits in order to appear faster than they actually are. Bits are approximately 1/8th the size of a Byte.

Clarifying again for everyone:
Mb = Megabit (What every Internet Service Providor uses)

MB = Megabyte (What all file sizes are calculated in)

1MB = 8Mb. A "bit" is approximately 1/8th the size of a "byte."

That last bit isn't quite phrased correctly.

A bit is exactly 1/8th of a byte (nowadays anyway, according to wiki a byte used to mean however many bits it took to code a character)... the approximation stuff comes when the kilos and Megas get involved with bytes (ie 1MB is approx. 1000kB)