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Originally Posted by HarryT
Note that "bps" is "bits per second", and "Bps" is "bytes per second". I think all your speeds are actually bytes per second, aren't they?
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Hard question for this time of night
When I say 50 to 100 those are Microsoft units as shown in windows explorer. For a LAN copy. Much faster than writing to a usb2 stick which goes at about 8 on my best ones
I do understand the bits v bytes but I have to stop and ponder which one Microsoft uses....
Yes they would be bytes. I have gigabit ports and cables so theoretically I can move at 1000 mbs or 125 mBs if there were no overheads?. ( Give or take a zero or two! ), i know that one is 8 X the other, . I have seen actual speeds of 90 on screen during file copies for single very large files between 2 wired pcs. Also I know that my internet speed of 200mbs is too fast for a 10/100 fast internet port, if it is running at full capacity. Virgin media quote bits not bytes
Another real life measurement know I can copy over 100gb of mixed content in an hour if I am copying entire drives to a new pc.
So my 3gb of books in calibre would take very little time.
With the via Dropbox route there is also isp assymetry to consider. My virgin media cable internet is specced at 20x faster down then up. By design. So I can download at 200mbs but I can only upload at 10, theoretically, even less in practice. I cannot browse and max out the upload channel at the same time.
Thus it is great for installing games from steam but rubbish for being an outgoing video streamer. Which i am not.
To upload to Dropbox then to download to a target device is affected by my internet package upload limitations. Fine for my size of book library though