On 7/27/2006 at 4:36 PM der Mouse wrote: >Not *always*. For example, 10Mbit Ethernet is 10000000 bits/sec, not >10485760 bits/sec. 9600 baud is 9.6 kilobaud, not 9.375 kilobaud. Of course, there's the whole topic of what "baud" really means... Cheers, Chuck