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my cable modem service caps me at 256k/s
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this is kilo
BIT/second.
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i can't send anything to him over 28k/s.
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this is kiloBYTE/second
kilo
BIT/8=kilo
BYTE
now your 256kilo
bit has a theoretical maximum of 32kilo
bytes. however imperfect network conditions and overhead of tcp/ip packets doesn't allow you to reach that maximum.
so your 28kilo
byte/second is a pretty good number.