Chair proposes 100Mbps national standard and an evaluation of broadband prices.

FCC chair: Speed standard of 25Mbps down, 3Mbps up isn’t good enough anymore::Chair proposes 100Mbps national standard and an evaluation of broadband prices.

  • Ricaz@lemmy.worldEnglish
    13·
    1 year ago

    One is a rate of data, the other is an amount.

    Mbps means megabits per second.

    MB is just megabytes. You can of course turn it into a rate, but then it would be MB/s.

    There are 8 bits in a byte, so 100 Mbps would be 12.5 MB/s (divide by 8)

    • Callie@pawb.socialEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      Thank you for taking the time to explain that! I think I understand the difference now