> > It seems from my experience that a "gigabyte" is 1,073,741,824 bytes if you're
> using
> > them, but only 1,000,000,000 bytes if you're selling or otherwise offering them.
>
> To be completely pedantic, 1,073,741,824 bytes is actually a "gibibyte" and
> 1,000,000,000 bytes is a "gigabyte". Most people will use "gigabyte" for both,
> however, because it's impossible to say "gibibyte" without sounding like a schmuck.
>
> I strongly suspect Comcast is using the latter value, so you get 250,000,000,000
> bytes per month, and technically they are correct.
"Actually," as in the guys with the money got the rules rewritten and had someone make up new words to cover for them.
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guess i should slow down
