Now my Computer Service tech told us the only difference between bit and byte is bit is the fact bit is over a network.. But this doesn't make any sense.

For example, I am transfering a file over AIM and Im only getting 20kilobits/second when we both have 1.1MegaBit Download and 256kilobits/second upload. Shouldn't we be getting more like 200kilobits/second??

Also, another example. I am on a 100 megabit network and i transfer some files over that are about 600Megabytes. So I start transfering, and if it really is 100 megabits, then it should take 6-7 seconds.. right? It took more like 3 minutes.

Why is this? I'm betting money my computer service tech teacher is wrong Thanks!

1 Byte = 8 Bits

1 shyte = what that guy told you

eg. last night i dl mandrake @ 200 mbytes/s so my connection was @ 1600 mbits

heh.. sweet, thanks.. I guess i schooled my teacher.. (high school technology teachers are usually stupid anyways because they dont care)

yah most of them just drone out what they've read anyways.

the file can only be transfered as fast as the slowest point in the connect will allow

for example, your isp might not let you use more then 100kb (just an example), or simply they don't have enough bandwidth , or the same effect and happen at dozens of locations whiles its on its way to your friends computer

the Internet is a collection of networks, and thus to go from point a to point b you must cross thru other networks ... so your connection speed gets pretty irrelevant past like 100kb or so, unless your using file sharing were you can dl from tons of people at once, or you got some server or something ....