Forum Discussion

Ryan11433's avatar
Ryan11433
Junior
4 years ago

Mbps discussion

Maui1957 wrote: It will never disconnect you or charge you for going over your data limit, but you will experience reduced speeds of 1–3 Mbps once you hit your limit. That’s still enough speed t...
GabeU's avatar
GabeU
Distinguished Professor IV
Ryan11433 wrote:

1-3 Mps means Mega bits per second not mega bytes per second?? I have heard about this long time ago but what is the difference between bytes and bits?

Megabits per second is Mbps (Mb/s) and megabytes per second is MBps (MB/s).  8Mbps = 1MBps.

Ryan11433's avatar
Ryan11433
Junior
4 years ago
GabeU wrote:
Ryan11433 wrote:

1-3 Mps means Mega bits per second not mega bytes per second?? I have heard about this long time ago but what is the difference between bytes and bits?

Mmegabytes per second is MBps (MB/s).  8Mbps = 1MBps.

Huh? Do you mean 8 instead of 1?

  • maratsade's avatar
    maratsade
    Distinguished Professor IV
    4 years ago

    He means 1.

     

    1 megabyte per second (MBps) equals 8 megabits per second (Mbps).

     

    Ryan11433 wrote:

    Megabytes per second is MBps (MB/s).  8Mbps = 1MBps.

    Huh? Do you mean 8 instead of 1?

     

     

    • Ryan11433's avatar
      Ryan11433
      Junior
      4 years ago
      maratsade wrote:

      He means 1.

       

      1 megabyte per second (MBps) equals 8 megabits per second (Mbps).

       

      Ryan11433 wrote:

      Megabytes per second is MBps (MB/s).  8Mbps = 1MBps.

      Huh? Do you mean 8 instead of 1?

       

       

      8 Mbps = 8,000 Kbps it is what Google also have said.

      • maratsade's avatar
        maratsade
        Distinguished Professor IV
        4 years ago

         

         

        Yes, 8 megabits per second is 8,000 kilobits per second. 8 megabits per second is also 1 megabyte per second. 

         

        Ryan11433 wrote:

        8 Mbps = 8,000 Kbps