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What does Mb/s stand for?

Mb/s stands for Million Bits per Second (aka Megabits per Second)


  • Information technology (IT) and computers
  • Science, medicine, engineering, etc.

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The network enables a wide range of private communications services including wide area LANs, hosted thin-client server applications, storage area networking, and IP streaming of broadcast TV content, as well as Internet access at speeds starting at 100 million bits per second.
To compete, the cable TV companies will offer modems to attach to their coaxial cable, providing up to 30 million bits per second downstream into our computers, and about 400,000 bits per second upstream from our computers, also adequate bandwidth for bi-directional video and audio teleconferencing.
For example, Linda Brill, a spokeswoman for DirecTV, says her satellite TV firm is studying a plan to broadcast Internet data at up to 30 million bits per second, 1,000 times faster than most people access the global computer network from their homes over standard phone lines.
5 million bits per second capacity to substantially faster speeds, with speeds to 45, 155 and 622 million bits per second in the next few years, a total speed-up of more than 400 times the current bandwidth.