Data transfer speeds

[#1]

Just thought I would poll wether in general people understood data speed info.

[#2]

I voted yes but not sure you'll get an accurate idea as I would have thought the majority of people who visit this forum are keyed up on such things

[#3]

I've voted yes, because I do, but if I didn't theres this weird thing called the internet, where, if you need to, you can look it up.

[#4]

Thank you for taking the time to vote folks. Yes you are correct in so far as you could google it up but I was interested to  find out what the general public consensus was. Hopefully more people will vote.

[#5]

Please people, If you've taken the time to read this poll could you please choose one of the options. Thank you in advance.

[#6]

I voted yes.  But I don't think the general public has much idea what speed they actually need (to stream HD video for example) so it is of no consequence to them what units are used. 

[#7]

I agree that is until they believe that if they are managing download speeds at say 64Mb/s and the info from pc tells them they are actually getting 8MB/s which is correct then they complain. Ignorance is bliss , kind of.
jim:quote

[#8]

Being well past "retirement age", I was taught by a teacher and not supervised (as today - where marking answers as "incorrect" is frowned upon as it reduces "self-esteem"). I rest my case!

[#9]

I voted yes but I always get the two mixed up.
The majority of my customers would get totally confused if both terminologies were used in everyday life.

[#10]

A poll in a similar vain on the difference between synch speed and data speed would be equally interesting!

[#11]

Well i think the whole TM system on here is cracking.
Example
Downloading USENET 8.5MB/sec. Stream Netflix in HD USENET drops to about 7MB/sec. At any time when Netflix has buffered itself ahead of the stream USENET will go back to full speed. and that's the cycle.
Best system I have ever experienced. I know this is not relevant to this thread but I didn't want to start a new one.