# Personal connection speeds

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/personal-connection-speeds/16327>\
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\
**Created:** [August 22, 2006, 6:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/personal-connection-speeds/16327 "2006-08-22T18:08:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Fetter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@Fetter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fetter)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2006, 9:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/personal-connection-speeds/16327/56 "2006-10-04T21:58:20Z")

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You know what… I guess I was misunderstanding what the Mbps meant at verizon… I thought it meant megabytes per second… not megabits. But I see that I was under a huge cloud of confusion of how speed are measured for any connection… it’s makes sense to me now.

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**WORK SPEED ON A T1**  
Last Result:  
Download Speed: 2428 kbps (303.5 KB/sec transfer rate)  
Upload Speed: 2033 kbps (254.1 KB/sec transfer rate)

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