Is 3.0 mbps = to 300 kbps Dowload?

It does get confusing because what we are talking about is bits per second and bytes per second. There is no official designation, but generally speaking when it Bytes it an Upper case B and bits is a lower case B - but be aware that is not always the case. You can take it then when it is talking about data transfer over a network or the Internet it is talking about bits per second. Bytes per second is usually referred to when talking about data transfer between storage devices like hard disk and CD/DVD drives. So 300 K bits ps is equal to 0.3 m bits per second. Kilo is always a capital K. Thats an an official ISO designation, while mega is a small m. 1000 K bits ps is equal to 1 mega bits ps. 768/128 would mean 768 K bits ps download and 128 K bits ps upload. 350 k bits per second is a bit on the slow slide for ADSL, but that depends what you nominal speed is as the actual speed can vary depending on the load on the network. Stuart

To add... There are 8 bits to a byte. So 3mbps is equivilent to 3,000,000 divided by 8 or 375,000 bps or 375Kbps. The 3mbps is the 'advertised' rate and if you were to ask the promoter they would say that means "up to" 3mbps. I have, on occaision, exceeded the advertised rate. HTH Bryan

Correcting 375,000 bps or 375Kbps to read 375,000 Bps or 375KBps Bryan

Thanks for clearing that up, so my speeds are actually normal, how sad, guess I was hoping 3 mb per second meant downloading files at 3 mb per second, man I know that I have to read up on my bits and bytes. Windows Xp Pro x64 AMD Sempron 3000+ 1.8ghz 768 mb Ram pc2700 Nforce 4 Motherboard Radeon X700 256mb Realtek Ac 97 Onboard Audio Thermaltake 430W Power Supply

A good test is to download the 15.5 mega byte file from Sun Java. It is the second download button. I have a 4MB Cable connection and it downloaded in 21 seconds. After it completed the download dialog box showed that the average download speed was 757KBps (6.056mbps) and this is the fastest download I have ever received. I tried this test this morning because I had, for specific reasons, downloaded it at work a couple of days ago and got 630KBps and was amazed. Sun's server is serving it up. Regards, Bryan

Comcast Cable must have jacked up the service from 4MB to 6MB. I tested at BandwidthPlace.com with the following results: 6.4 megabits per second Communications 6.4 megabits per second Storage 776.3 kilobytes per second 1MB file download 1.3 seconds Subjective rating Awesome Bryan