spiritedpause@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoFCC to propose a minimum 100mbps to qualify as broadband, with a future goal of 1gbpsdocs.fcc.govexternal-linkmessage-square138fedilinkarrow-up11.42K cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanshackernews@derp.foo
arrow-up11.42Kexternal-linkFCC to propose a minimum 100mbps to qualify as broadband, with a future goal of 1gbpsdocs.fcc.govspiritedpause@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square138fedilink cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanshackernews@derp.foo
minus-squaresimple@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·1 year agoI wish we can all move to MB/s and get rid of the endless confusion on names
minus-squareGreyBeard@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoI say we split the different and go for nibbles per fortnight.
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoMbps, megabits per second, is the standard. No idea why this author opted to use the highly unusual millibit.
minus-squareHonytawk@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 year agoThe reason we don’t is because the network does not care how the files you transfer are formatted. It measure the amount of bits it can transfer. Whether the file in question is for example a text document (8bit) or a HEIF (10bit)
I wish we can all move to MB/s and get rid of the endless confusion on names
I say we split the different and go for nibbles per fortnight.
Mbps, megabits per second, is the standard. No idea why this author opted to use the highly unusual millibit.
The reason we don’t is because the network does not care how the files you transfer are formatted.
It measure the amount of bits it can transfer.
Whether the file in question is for example a text document (8bit) or a HEIF (10bit)