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What is the download speed for 100 Mbps broadband? Mbps and MB/s differ by 8 times, and the hard drive and system each have their own algorithms
Old Sun asked me how my newly bought 2TB external hard drive was down to 1.82TB after plugging it into the computer, and then asked why the speed test showed 941MB but the cloud drive download was only 110MB/s. Both things are a confusing account: broadband's mega divided by 8 is MB/s, hard drive manufacturers use base 1000, Windows uses base 1024, and I laid out the calculations....
