Question:
I tested my internet speed and what does KBPS mean?
massey ferguson
2010-03-10 08:53:12 UTC
My download speed is 4320 KBPS and my upload speed is 2390 KBPS i have no clue what it means and i wanna know if its good speeds or horrible and what kbps means. Im about to switch to at&t internet and i just wanna compare my speeds but no clue what kbps means?
Nine answers:
Bobdarshy
2010-03-10 08:58:57 UTC
kBps aka KBps is a different measurement than kbps aka Kbps.



A small "b" indicates a measure of bits. A large "B" indicates a measure of bytes. There are 8 bits within a byte.



For example:

4320KBps = approximately 34,000 Kbps, aka 34 Mbps.

4320Kbps = approximately 500 KBps, aka 0.5 MBps



If it is a measure of bytes(B), 4320 KBps and 2390 KBps are very fast speeds. If it is a measure of bits(b), 4320Kbps and 2390Kbps are still faster than average speeds, but 8-times slower than their KB counter-parts.



An overwhelming majority of speed test websites and ISPs choose to measure speed in Kbps so that it sounds faster. For this reason, I strongly believe your speed is in the measure of kilo-bits-per-second.

On the other hand, download managers and p2p applications usually measure speeds in KBps.



As an example for my network...

Speedtest.net measures my download speed as 3.30 Mbps (3300 Kbps).

The maximum download speed I can achieve via Vuze (torrent downloader) is approximately 400 kBps (aka 400KBps).
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RE:

I tested my internet speed and what does KBPS mean?

My download speed is 4320 KBPS and my upload speed is 2390 KBPS i have no clue what it means and i wanna know if its good speeds or horrible and what kbps means. Im about to switch to at&t internet and i just wanna compare my speeds but no clue what kbps means?
PurplechaP
2010-03-10 09:18:47 UTC
KBPS stands for "Kilo Bytes Per Second". it is used to measure speed for Data transfer either uploading or downloading or to transfer the data. Your downloading speed is well enough.

4320 KBPS is equal to 4 GB and 320 KB.

Remember 1024 KBPS is equal to 1 MBPS, 1024 MBPS = 1 GBPS, 1024 GBPS = 1 TBPS, etc



SOME OTHERS ARE:-



kilo (kbps) ----> kbps have slow speed(but generally we use it)

mega (mbps)

giga (gbps)

tera (tbps)

peta (pbps)

exa (ebps)

zetta (zpbs)

yotta (ybps) ---> this is the most expensive and fastest speed have ever discovered till yet.





hope you got it
2010-03-13 00:32:12 UTC
You can get to know about your internet speed here http://www.ip-details.com/internet-speed-test/ . Its as easy as you enter your IP address that you get to know the speed of your connection.

kbps means kilobytes per second
gulnac
2016-11-02 08:27:12 UTC
What Is Kbps
2010-03-10 08:55:42 UTC
kbps is kil bytes per second and thats not a bad speed it looks like you may have a 6Mb down 3Mb up connection. but its definatley not horrible.
marco8_goal
2010-03-10 08:54:48 UTC
Kilo bytes per second
Matt m
2010-03-10 08:54:24 UTC
Killa-bytes per second
Jayden
2010-03-10 08:55:20 UTC
kilo bites per second


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