Hi all

This might be a stupid question, but just wanted to confirm this as I'm getting confused over terminology!...

I'm thinking of going for Fibre optic broadband, and I'm currently using 200mbps powerline adapters for the tv and YouView box (at least from what I can find I think they are 200mbps - D-link dhp-p326av). The BB speed is (upto) 38mb - will my powerline adapters cope with that or would they throttle the data??

I'm never sure on what the difference is when broadband speed is equated in "mb" but adapters use "mbps"??

If someone could put me out of my misery that would be great!

Cheers,

Ben

Broadband speed is in mb per second, mbps, so it should be fine. Note the adaptors are also "up to" so it does depend on the wiring and interference.

It's like saying miles when you mean miles per hour. They shouldn't because it's wrong!

It's actually pretty unlikely either will get up to their 'publicised' transmission rate. They're like manufacturer MPG for cars - only really attainable under unrealistically ideal conditions.

I've had various powerline devices of various 'grades' and I've found that regardless of what the box says, the wiring in my house means they max out at about 200mb/s. That's still massively more than any home broadband will give you...

Jon

I thought data transmission was measured in mega bits not mega bytes.


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Great - thanks for the replies! I'd hoped that it meant the 'same' thing. Not sure why they don't state both with the same jargon though... Confusing...

Anyway - think I might go for it...

Thanks!

That's why he used small letters (b=bits, B=Bytes)

I never realised that there was that difference.