In reply to a post by tide:

people are used to GB and MB and expect to download in that same measurement, the old way was dominated by tekkies, not now.

To live in the techie world, you have to speak the lingo.

You mean there is a consultation on this? If you are referring to the truthful element of ISPs measurements in terms of actual fidelity then no, this is not the fight I am looking to win.

However if there is a consultation on the issue of MB vs Mb then please do tell me where this is.

Thanks.

Well sure, but when we get 4k video through the likes of Youtube your going to need to know.

All I am saying is that the tipping point is here, and has been for some time now, where we have MBps and can measure in that way. The size of files is routinely rounded up to MBs in value and I think its time to evolve the method of measurement in order to keep up with this.

Its is time to change.

No the reason we still use Mb is because the file system it is stored on on the web may be a 6,7,8 or 9 bit byte, and likewise the file system on your computer could be a 6,7,8 or 9 bit byte. So the transfer is measured in bits, the actual bits that are moved about.

TO use your car analogy from elsewhere in this thread, it's like buying a car, it was £2999 at the lot, you've paid £2999.

But at the shop it was a 105p pound, at home it is a 95p pound, and 299900p has been moved around to get things sorted.

So do we measure the pounds moved as the 105p pound (£2856.19 OMG you underpaid you thief!) or the 95p pound (£3156.84 OMG you've been ripped off!)?

So the values aren't as simple as you want them to be.

As I say, if it really bothers you so much educate yourself, don't moan about it.

I don't wan't to live in that world. If you knew anything about the way technology was really heading you'd know that it was to become less of a hurdle for people. The iPad is the evolution of the PC and thus has been embraced by one and all.

The tekkie world is to become smaller and less impressive, the power has shifted to those who now can use their bodies to walk and climb in woodland, while carrying a computer (like and iPad) with them for simple buy powerful (and once the preserve of the tekkie) activities and tasks.

Your time is over and thankful I am.

The iPad is the evolution of the PC and thus has been embraced by one and all.

Definitely not all

In reply to a post by tide:

Your time is over and thankful I am.

Really? Last time I checked I was only 26! Do you know somthing I dont?!

I accept what you say, but you ruined it at the end trying to put down somebody you must have realised was not going to stay so.

All download speeds are an approximation, at best, while most are just an outright eye-catching lie! There may be a few discrepancies regarding speed, but the median will never not be an issue. So it could be advertised that a connection will be 'up to' 6MB d/l while actually being 4MB+ but that the actual measurement in MB is the important bit.

Nobody likes to be pedantic and disparaging more than someone afraid of change.

Be as facetious as you like, you can't stop change.