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3. When you say "10mbs", do you mean 10 Megabits or 10 Megabytes per second?

Wed Feb 1, 2012, 05:49 PM

Feb 2012

A 10 megabits connection would be faster than 3G.....10Megabytes would be 8x faster than 10Megabits.

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how fast is 3gb compared to 10mbs broadband [View all] 2Design Feb 2012 OP

3g is pretty slow, strictly text n/t iamtechus Feb 2012 #1

they make 3g seem like broadband so I wanted to figure out the speed 2Design Feb 2012 #7

Here's a handy table of 3G providers Old and In the Way Feb 2012 #2

When you say "10mbs", do you mean 10 Megabits or 10 Megabytes per second? Old and In the Way Feb 2012 #3

300 times as fast Syrinx Feb 2012 #4

Are u speaking of FIOS? nt bathroommonkey76 Feb 2012 #8

10mbps vs 3g 2Design Feb 2012 #6