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> advertise speeds in megabits per seconds

"bits per second" is what it always has been for computer communication.

When I got started, I got a 300 bits/second modem, which later got upgraded to 1200/75 bits/s and then 2400 bits/second.

Later on, we had 57,6 kbit/second modems, 64 kbit/s ISDN lines, 2 Mbit/s ADSL, etc.

All the speedtest websites I've seen also use Mbit/s.

But sure, if I'm downloading the latest Ubuntu distro, I want to know the current speed in Megabytes/s.




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