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Do most broadband providers measure their speeds in Megabits per second or Megabytes per second?

April 26, 2017broadband Computers internet measure megabits speeds

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Do most broadband providers measure their speeds in Megabits per second or Megabytes per second?

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This is a standard in communication that traffic is measured in Megabits per second or Mbps on the other hand software like Internet Explorer measures its speed in Bytes per second normally it shows its download as MB/s or KB/s. The point is you have to check whether its bps or Bps. Anyways BT is upgrading its network and the speed is measured in MBps. I reckon you will get 8 MBps. Here is the difference.