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agathodaimon · June 29th, 2004, 04:28 PM

I'm looking for a new internet provider.
Preferrable Cable or DSL.
But anyways, I found Earthlink internet.
They claim that their speeds are:

Downstream speed of up to 2.0 Mbps
Upstream speed of up to 384 Kbps

I currently have DSL that downloads at a set speed of 180K.
I'm not sure if it's Kb or KB.
I don't know what all that means really.

Earthlink has a special on this for 6 months at $29.99/mo. $41.95 thereafter.
I'm confused as to how fast this really is.

When it says 2.0 Mbps, how fast is it really? All the talk about MB Mb, KB Kb has me confused.

I've had DSL Lite before and really really hated it. I don't want to get stuck with that again.

June 29th, 2004, 04:28 PM	#1 (permalink)
agathodaimon Ultimate Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Lincoln, NE Posts: 1,340	MBps, Mbps, Kbps, KBps with Cable internet I'm looking for a new internet provider. Preferrable Cable or DSL. But anyways, I found Earthlink internet. They claim that their speeds are: Downstream speed of up to 2.0 Mbps Upstream speed of up to 384 Kbps I currently have DSL that downloads at a set speed of 180K. I'm not sure if it's Kb or KB. I don't know what all that means really. Earthlink has a special on this for 6 months at $29.99/mo. $41.95 thereafter. I'm confused as to how fast this really is. When it says 2.0 Mbps, how fast is it really? All the talk about MB Mb, KB Kb has me confused. I've had DSL Lite before and really really hated it. I don't want to get stuck with that again.