What do Kbps and Mbps mean?
Kbps and Mbps are measures of speed. Specifically, they measure how fast data is sent to or received from the Internet. Kbps stands for Kilobits per second (1,000 bits per second). Mbps stands for Megabits per second (1,000,000 bits per second). Any data that is sent or received in a digital format, such as e-mail or web pages, has a specific size measured in bits. The larger the piece of data, the more bits it comprises. Every connection to the Internet is capable of moving a specified amount of data in a specified time frame. For example, a 768 KBps DSL connection is capable of transmitting 768,000 bits per second.
