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259278 2004-08-07 22:25:00 Hi How can it be that my modem properties dialogue box is showing 41.2 kbps, nothing else is running, but my virus update dialogue box is showing 3.5 kbps? ptopz (4662)
259279 2004-08-07 22:34:00 Its probably caused by a busy server at the anti virus end of the connection. You could try disconnecting and retrying later. 4bes (2848)
259280 2004-08-07 22:40:00 The modem reports kilobits per second (kb/s) while the download is reported as kiloBytes per seond (kB/s) perhaps?

41.2 kbps = 5.15 kBps (8 bits to a byte), but with error correction overheads will be a little lower than this.
godfather (25)
259281 2004-08-07 22:47:00 That'll be it. Thanks. You learn something every day. ptopz (4662)
259282 2004-08-08 00:29:00 are you sure your not looking at logon speed ?? (eg the speed inticated by the connection icon) logo speed and download speed are 2 different things. tweak'e (174)
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