what are the various units in which the speed of modem is measured
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Explanation:
The connection speed of data is measured in megabits per second or Mbps. You'll often see Mbps shortened to Mb, so for example 10Mb. You might also see kilobits per second or Kbps or Kb.
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What is connection speed and how is it measured?
What is connection speed?
Connection speed is the speed that data is transferred between your device and the internet - it can also sometimes be known as bandwidth.
There are two types of connection speed:
Download speed or receiving speed means the rate that information travels from the internet to your device. So, viewing a web page, downloading a program or receiving an e-mail, would be examples of downloading.
Upload speed or send speed means the rate that information travels from your device to the internet. Sending an email or sending a file would be examples of uploading.
The speed you get will depend on a number of factors such as the type of connection you're using (fibre or copper cables); your distance from the cabinet and the line quality.
How is connection speed measured?
The connection speed of data is measured in megabits per second or Mbps. You'll often see Mbps shortened to Mb, so for example 10Mb.
You might also see kilobits per second or Kbps or Kb.
1 Kbps is 1,000 bits per second and 1 Mbps is 1 million bits per second.
Simply put, 'bits' are tiny units of data, so a megabit is a million units of data.
The higher the number of Mbps (megabits per second) you have, the faster your online speed should be:
The maximum rate at which data can be received over an internet connection is known as the downstream bandwidth.
The maximum rate at which data can be sent is known as the upstream bandwidth.
As most people download more data than they upload, the downstream bandwidth is higher than the upstream bandwidth. So it's the downstream bandwidth that's measured when you first connect to the Internet.
To give these measurements some meaning, a BT Business Infinity or Superfast connection, could provide a download speed of 76Mbps and an upload speed of 19Mbps. This is typically 6 times faster than the UK average speed which is 12Mbps downstream.
At this speed, downloading large files, such as 500Mb of photos taken by a colleague working in a different location, would download in less than 10 seconds.
Uploading a video to your internet site, where the video is 60Mb, would take just over 3 seconds to upload if your connection was running at 19Mbps