Download speeds (Kbps vs. KBps)
Thursday, March 22nd, 2007Over the last few months, a lot of people have been grumbling about how they have 256 Kbps and higher speed internet lines and yet they only get 32 Kbps download speeds… First of all, it’s KBps 
.. Let me elaborate on this a little to make it understandable to all the non-geeks!
Network connection speed is usually measured in Kbps, which stands for kilobits per second.
Your browser or download tool usually shows you the speed in KBps, which stands for kiloBytes per second.
A bit is a single unit (0 or 1)
1 Byte consists of 8 bits
So, if you do the math, your download speed of 32 kiloBytes per second is actually 32 Bytes x 8 bits = 256 kilobits per second.
So, yes, you’re not being robbed or cheated.
