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Can you please explain kilobits vs. kilobytes?

It will make it easy if we all try to stick with the industry standard abbreviations.

Kilo-bytes per second = KB/s
Kilo-bits per second = kbps

Your browser reports speeds in kilobytes (or megabytes) per second when you're downloading or uploading data.

1 kbps = 1000 bps (bits per second)
1 KB/s = 1024 B/s
1 KB/s = 8.192 kbps
1 kbps = .1221 KB/s

• KB/s to kbps
    Take KB/s and multiply by 8.192
        Example
        100KB/s = 819.2kbps

• kbps to KB/s
    Take kbps and divide by 8.192 (or multiply by .1221)
        Example
        1000kbps = 122KB/s


Your browser reports speeds in KB/s, so if you see 500KB in your browser, your speed is 4096 kbps or 4.096 Mbps (megabits per second).

Try this speed calculator to help with any conversions.

Reference
See this FAQ for variety of speed tests -->
»Optimum Online FAQ »How can I test my speed?


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While this appears to be accurate, I am not so sure this is what the question was asking. Another way, and a much simpler way, to explain this is that a kilobit is a measure of speed or bandwidth while a kilobyte is a measure of size or capacity.

2012-01-24 22:51:30


by Lex Luthor See Profile edited by drake See Profile
last modified: 2011-07-10 03:08:30


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