How come i can watch a 900kbs stream but only download at 230kbs?

Same bb line , what is the difference?

How about a buffer?

Edit: Misread, ignore

Because the download speed doesn't depend only on the capacity of your line, but also on the available bandwidth of the server you're downloading from. There might also be some traffic shaping coming into play, but you'd better ask your ISP about that...

Thanks for the replys , 30something & still an internet noob.

Is it possible for me to burn off 3gig of usage with 2.5hours of streaming?

That's only 350kB/sec so I'd say yes if the stream is of sufficient quality.

Most likely ur mistaking kbps to kB/s.

900kbps = 112kb/s

Quote from BaDumTssh :

Most likely ur mistaking kbps to kB/s.

900kbps = 112kb/s

You mean 112kB/s.

kbps and kb/s mean exactly the same thing. Small 'b' is a bit, large 'B' is a byte.

Yes he does.
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Quote from Crashgate3 :

You mean 112kB/s.

kbps and kb/s mean exactly the same thing. Small 'b' is a bit, large 'B' is a byte.

Yes. I do not know how i forgot to put a big B in there. Anyway, u get my point