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Nice site, though it doesn't work on some of the bandwidth calculations I often do via Google calculator. (eg: "(1TB / 100Mbps) in days")

For the curious, there's a GPL project, 'qalculate', which could be used as the basis for similar calculator services.



Thanks -- you can actually do the calculation above like this:

http://instacalc.com/?d=&c=KDFUQi8xTUIpIHNlY29uZHMgaW4gZ...

I'm not tracking the implicit unit conversion (1TB/ 100 Mbps)... yet :)


Your answer doesn't match Google's, so I think your reformulation is wrong.


It seems like it isn't case sensitive, so can't tell the difference between 1MB and 1Mb (1MB = 8Mb)


Yeah, I decided to make it case insensitive to avoid confusion. It seems most non-techies aren't aware of the GB vs gb distinction (and not to mention the uber-geeks who insist on gibi and kibi and all that :) )

If you want gigabits, you can explicitly write "gbit":

http://instacalc.com/?d=&c=MSBnYiBpbiBtYml0fDEgZ2IgaW4gb...

Thanks again for all the feedback guys!




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