As far as I know that's only offical for hard drive manufacturers, and has been for a very long time.

Not that it matters of course, as I stated before in the US the top speed for 56k is in reality 53k.

As a side note, most 56k modems are actually 115k

I think that we can all agree that 56k modems noever reach their full potential and that their actual speed is not what it seems.

I love broadband.

we have to make the best choice out of de bytes

I remember that they have "officialized" the names :

1KB = 1024 (k in uppercase)
1kB = 1000 (k in lowercase)..

LOL

have a guess... which is faster.. 56KB/s or 56kB/s

take a peek at :

http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/binary.html

(paragraoh "historical content")

CU

talking about broadband... I am a bit curious..

I have 4Mbits download and 128kbits upload (max ratings of course) with my cable connection (here in Belgium). But download is limited to 10GB on 30days base (1.5GB upload)

What are the capabilities of yours?

About those units, I would laugh if I herd anyone say "mebibyte"

My usage is not limited by the way yours is at all. I can use as much bandwidth in a month as I want, no 10GB limits. As for my transfer speeds, I am not exactly sure whether there is a cap or not. I do know that in my area the total bandwidth of everyone on an individual node is shared, but I think it is shared dynamically. I get as much bandwidth as I need provided that no one else is using it. The good thing is that in my area even on peak hours I still can not detect a noticable drop in speed.