On Wed, 10 Mar 2021 13:45:42 -0800 (PST), dsi1
> wrote:

>On Wednesday, March 10, 2021 at 4:59:16 AM UTC-10, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>> On Wednesday, March 10, 2021 at 9:42:48 AM UTC-5, Sheldon wrote:
>>
>> > We installed Dish TV about a month ago, no antenna, no utility pole
>> > wire, dish is only 14" diameter, works great. Last week we installed
>> > Elon Musk's Space Link for internet, absolutely fantastic, speed is
>> > incredible, 160 Mega Bytes per second.
>> Bits, not bytes Speeds are always expressed in terms of bits.
>> There are 8 bits in a byte.
>>
>> 160 Mbit is not all that impressive. We routinely get upward
>> of 400 with a medium-tier cable connection.
>>
>> Cindy Hamilton
>
>4 bits of data is called a "nibble." Why are nibbles so important? It's the least number of bits needed to represent the numbers 0 to 9. With 4 bits you have some extra spaces left over so to make efficient use of all the numbers available from 0 to 15, the characters A, B, C, D, E, F, is used in a base 16 number system.

I've no knowlege of bits, bytes, and nibbles... all I know is that
Space Link is wonderful... and each day with more satillites being put
into orbit it becomes better and better.
I'm certain that yoose who don't think it's any good are simply the
cheapo *******s who don't want to pay the price.