Mbps discussion

"It's quite simple."

You'd think, wouldn't you? LOL

A Byte is a character. Multiple bits make up a character.

Depending upon the number of control bits, there could be between 8-12 bits per Byte. I use 10 as a general rule, going back to the old signalling days when you had 8 data bits, 1 start bit, 1 stop bit and no parity bits.

Therefore, using simple conversion math:

                1,000,000 Byte        10 bits        10,000,000 bits
1MBps =  -------------------- * ---------------- = --------------------- = 10Mbps

                      sec                     1Byte                  sec

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MarkJFine wrote:

A Byte is a character. Multiple bits make up a character.

Depending upon the number of control bits, there could be between 8-12 bits per Byte. I use 10 as a general rule, going back to the old signalling days when you had 8 data bits, 1 start bit, 1 stop bit and no parity bits.

 

Therefore, using simple conversion math:

 

                1,000,000 Byte        10 bits        10,000,000 bits
1MBps =  -------------------- * ---------------- = --------------------- = 10Mbps

                      sec                     1Byte                  sec

 

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But nearly all commercial speed tests use binary, not decimal, for their conversions.  In speed tests 1MBps = 8Mbps and 1Mbps = 0.125MBps.  I've never seen speed tests using a decimal conversion before, or at least not in anything commercial.

And remember, this is data transfer rate, not data amounts like storage.

GabeU wrote:

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And remember, this is data transfer rate, not data amounts like storage.

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Helps to know how it's being transferred :smileyhappy:

thanks for answering my question that you produced more detailed information.