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Broadband Speed and Storage Tables

If you're new to Broadband, its worth pointing out that perhaps the most common misrepresentation you could be faced with could be the interpretation of Speed & Storage measurements. Both use the same unit measurement abbreviations, however Storage exhibits all of its characters in Upper case with the suffix 'byte', and Speed represented by lower case with the suffix 'bit'. E.g. KB (Kilobyte) & Kb (kilobit). Sound confusing? Check out the tables below for further clarification.

Data Storage Table

BitSingle Digit (1 or 0)
Byte8 bits
Kilobyte (KB)1,024 Bytes8192 bits
Megabyte (MB)1,024 Kilobytes1048576 Bytes8388608 Bits
Gigabyte (GB)1,024 Megabytes1048576 KB1073741824 Bytes8589934592 Bits
Terabyte (TB)1,024 Gigabytes1048576 MB1073741824 KB1099511627776 Bytes
Petabyte (PB)1,024 Terabytes1048576 GB1073741824 MB1099511627776 KB
Exabyte (EB)1,024 Petabytes1048576 TB1073741824 GB1099511627776 MB

Connection Speed Table

Connection SpeedData Rate (Per sec)Data Rate (Per sec)Data Rate (Per sec)Data Rate (Per sec)
ADSL 256k256 Kbps256,000 Bits32,000 Bytes31 Kilobytes
ADSL 512k512 Kbps512,000 Bits64,000 Bytes62.5 Kilobytes
ADSL 1500k1.5 Mbps1,500,000 Bits187,500 Bytes183 Kilobytes
ADSL 8000k8 Mbps8,000,000 Bits1,000,000 Bytes976 Kilobytes
Cable 9900k9.9 Mbps9,900,000 Bits1,237,500 Bytes1208.5 Kilobytes
Cable 17000k17 Mbps17,000,000 Bits2,125,000 Bytes2075 Kilobytes (2MB/sec)
ADSL2+ 24000k24 Mbps24,000,000 Bits3,000,000 Bytes2929 Kilobytes (2.85MB/sec)

Speed Conversions

  • bit = Smallest unit with either the binary digit value of 0 or 1.
  • bps = bits per second - data amount to pass a single point/sec.
  • Kbps = kilobits per second = 1,000 (one thousand) bits per second.
  • Mbps = megabits per second = 1,000,000 (one million) bits per second.
  • Gbps = gigabits per second = 1,000,000,000 (one billion) bits per second.
  • Tbps = tera bits per second = 1,000,000,000,000 (one trillion) bits per second.

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