Bandwidth Bits vs Bytes
This cluster focuses on corrections and debates over confusing bits per second (e.g., Mbps) with bytes per second (e.g., MB/s) in data transfer rates, often involving the factor-of-8 conversion. Users nitpick units in contexts like networking, storage, and hardware speeds.
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I think the OP means 100 MB/s and not 100 Mbps here
No, that's actually 0.8 Mb/s
It's in bit/sec not byte/sec so 8x lower.
Yup, I meant megabits per second :)
Nit: should read: "100 megaBITS"(/second)
Both are same (b - bits) number, did you mean MB/s?
That's 10 mega bits per second, not bytes.
Do you know how many Gigabits per second it was?
It's 10^9 bits/s. Your title is wrong.
You might want to check your math :). It's ~10 gbps by both measures.