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03-17-2007, 03:52 PM #1WHT Addict
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How Fast Is 1mbps? 2mbps? 3mbps? 4mbps?
Can someone please try to explain this..
how long would it take to download a 10mb file on a 1mbps connection? , on a 2mbps connection? , on a 3mbps connection?? etc....
Im about to get a unmetered 4mbps bandwidth but i need to know how fast or how much users it can handle (streaming music)..
thanks
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03-17-2007, 05:52 PM #2Aspiring Evangelist
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There are 1000 bits in a kilobit and 1000 kilobits in a megabit.
Therefore, there are 1 million bits in a megabit.
The conversion from bytes to bits works like this, and beware, this is long handed...
1 byte (B) = 8 bits (b)
Since we are dealing in 1 million bytes or bits ( mega ) we will apply the same conversion.
10 megabytes = 80 megabits
A 1 megabit per second connection can transfer 60 megabits in a minute and 80 megabits in 1 minute and 20 seconds.
Since 10 Megabytes is 80 megabits, we can transfer 10 megabytes over a 1 megabit connection in 1 minute and 20 seconds.
This of course does not factor in anything but the pure math. This leaves out network overhead, distance, the speed of
the opposite connection, etc
Now, save yourself some time and use a calculator :-)
http://www.easycalculation.com/bandwidth-calculator.php
To equate this to your 4 megabit connection, 4 megabits is 4000 kilobits so you can handle approx. ( 31.25 ) 128 kilobit streams.
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03-17-2007, 06:06 PM #3WHT Addict
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so MBPS means
Mega Bytes or bits? Per Second
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03-17-2007, 06:08 PM #4Aspiring Evangelist
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Per my last post:
1 byte (B) = 8 bits (b)
Capital B = byte so you would write a megabyte as "MB" and a megabit as "mb" or "Mb". Lower case "b" means bit.
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03-17-2007, 07:04 PM #5Web Hosting Guru
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How much are you going to pay for that?
You can transfer about 330GB/month per mbit.
so if you transfer at full capacity, for a full month, you will use about 1320 GB
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03-17-2007, 08:28 PM #6WHT Addict
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Originally Posted by IllustriousCube
Its Unmetered 4mbps and i think its just below $80
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03-17-2007, 08:31 PM #7WHT Addict
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Originally Posted by Aaton35
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03-18-2007, 05:14 AM #8ex. *** *****
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One really needs at least 10mbps in my opinion.
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03-18-2007, 05:32 AM #9WHT Addict
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Originally Posted by The Engine
I have a powervps right now. their cheapest plan is what I have and its pretty fast. So if 4mpbs is as fast as Powervps' cheapest plan then IM FINE
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03-18-2007, 07:56 AM #10Greece
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For streaming most people use 24kbps (using aac+) or 48kbps. So having 4mbit connection can handle:
24kbps = 170 listeners
48kbps = 85 listeners
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03-18-2007, 10:40 AM #11Eternal Member
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I have a powervps right now. their cheapest plan is what I have and its pretty fast. So if 4mpbs is as fast as Powervps' cheapest plan then IM FINE
4mbit will be significantly slower, not only because you won't achieve more than ~ 400-500kbyte/s (at best), but because it will decrease greatly as more users are downloading from your server. 100mbit leaves a lot of room and usually works great.
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03-18-2007, 08:24 PM #12Web Hosting Master
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4mbits streaming music isn't very much unless you have less than 200 listeners at any time.
I agree with Layer0, for streaming, 100mbits burstable is a better option. It allows you headroom just in case you have additional listeners.
Another way to look at this situation:
4mbps "unmetered" will pump about 1500MB per month outgoing at full strength.
If you get a "METERED" plan on a 100mbps connect that gives you 1500MB/2000MB per month (which is common) you'll get better headroom during rush hours and still push about the same MB per month.
Just be careful not to go over your allotted amount, you could pay big-time in overage charges. Make sure what their IN/OUT calculation is. Alot of Bandwith allocations include INCOMING and OUTGOING traffic in their 2000MB calculation.Allanon
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03-18-2007, 09:12 PM #13Web Hosting Master
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Originally Posted by allanon
Most people that are streaming are already setting in their server config a max number of listeners/watchers and therefore since they know exactly how many Mbit/s (or Kbit/s) they will require the 4Mbit un-metered will turn out to be a better value. The situation where this doesn't work out is for one time events, but for the typical streamer it allows the # of listeners to be a defined value without the variable of whether they will pay extra that month.Matt Ayres - togglebox.com
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03-18-2007, 10:47 PM #14Web Hosting Master
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Oh darn, sorry guys, I'm browsing the VPS forum and didn't even realize it. Thought I was in the dedicated forum. My apologies.
You're right, VPS Matt, you don't get that kind of bandwith typically with VPS plans.Allanon
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04-05-2010, 11:57 PM #15Junior Guru Wannabe
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to be but really, speaking for your downloads and download speed you need to use streaming you need upload speed. but with 1 mbps line will be well
unless you plan to make your own streaming server for what you need for this high-rise.
1 mbps = 1024 kbps
1 kbps = 1024 bytes
1 byte = 8 bits
one music in MP3 = 128 kbs
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04-06-2010, 12:11 AM #16Web Hosting Master
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Typically your shooting for around 10mbit of bandwidth. Any thing less is a little low for a busy site, any thing more you honestly won't utilize to its potential.
On average our VPS run 2mbit of actual usage, and dedicated boxes 20-30.'Ripcord'ing is the only way!
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04-06-2010, 12:21 AM #17Junior Guru Wannabe
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1mbps/8 = 128kb/s
10mb/128 = 80 sec
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04-06-2010, 02:17 AM #18Web Hosting Master
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Thanks for bumping a 3 year old thread...
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12-12-2011, 11:29 AM #19New Member
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12-12-2011, 02:45 PM #20Junior Guru Wannabe
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12-12-2011, 02:47 PM #21Junior Guru Wannabe
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oh you, necromancers
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12-13-2011, 12:04 AM #22Newbie
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If you are getting 4mbps you might support streaming for different quantities of listeners. It all depends on the bitrate of your broadcast. If you do it at 128k - on 4mbps you are going to support about 4 listeners. If you broadcast with a bitrate of 32k you will support about 16.
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12-13-2011, 12:05 AM #23I LOVE Cogent!
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Why did you open up a 4 year old thread and reply in enormous text?
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