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40GB/month = 15KB/s. Put that all together and you'll see his error.


Ok, Ok, 128 was just a hipshot. Lets do it right

40 GB = 42,949,672,960 bytes

1 month = 2,629,743.83 seconds

40GB/1month = 16,331 bytes/second

8 bits per byte -> 16,331 * 8 = 130,648 bits/sec

So round about 131 kilobits / second.

Dialup was 50 kilobits/second practically so almost but not quite 3 times the speed of dialup.


Dialup isn't 56KB? Ah, my lying network monitor.




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