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Title: 90% still confuse MB/s vs Mb/s
Post by: Suresh on May 26, 2026, 12:50 AM
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Title: Re: 90% still confuse MB/s vs Mb/s
Post by: Darshan on May 26, 2026, 12:50 AM
You could have enlightened me here, but you didn't.

1 MB = 1 Megabyte and 1 Mb = 1 Megabit. One Megabyte equals eight Megabits, so if you have 40 Mbps, your download speed is about 5 MB/s.
Title: Re: 90% still confuse MB/s vs Mb/s
Post by: Vijay on May 26, 2026, 12:50 AM
Yeah, I remember seeing a poster that said 500 RS for 150 Mbps, then I realized 150 Mbps works out to about 18.75 MBps.
Title: Re: 90% still confuse MB/s vs Mb/s
Post by: Vandana on May 26, 2026, 12:50 AM
100 Mb/s is still plenty for most people.
Title: Re: 90% still confuse MB/s vs Mb/s
Post by: Sneha on May 26, 2026, 12:50 AM
That's why, for monitoring traffic, I use MB/s.


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Also, if anyone wonders what that is: https://github.com/zhongyang219/TrafficMonitor/blob/master/README_en-us.md
Title: Re: 90% still confuse MB/s vs Mb/s
Post by: Sandeep on May 26, 2026, 12:50 AM
Just a few bits and bytes here and there, tbh.
Title: Re: 90% still confuse MB/s vs Mb/s
Post by: Mohit on May 26, 2026, 12:50 AM

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Title: Re: 90% still confuse MB/s vs Mb/s
Post by: Namrata on May 26, 2026, 12:50 AM
Divide by 8 - that's the actual speed you get in MB/s.
Title: Re: 90% still confuse MB/s vs Mb/s
Post by: Rishi on May 26, 2026, 12:50 AM
When I first heard about 5G speeds, I was super excited, until...
Title: Re: 90% still confuse MB/s vs Mb/s
Post by: Pranay on May 26, 2026, 12:50 AM
And 90% of people don't know where the claim '90% of people don't know the difference...' originated.
Title: Re: 90% still confuse MB/s vs Mb/s
Post by: Lokesh on May 26, 2026, 12:50 AM
90% of people don't know the difference between the 5G carrier signal and the 5 GHz Wi-Fi band.