An average of 136 MB/s in Germany? Are they sure it’s not supposed to be 136 Mbit/s, thus 17 MB/s? Because I rarely have more than 100 MB/s and I’m pretty sure my connection is one of the best you can get as a private user in this country (1 Gbit/s).
I think it’s so high because they might factor in large businesses, companies and unis, which have incredible fast connection. But I still wonder how they come up with that
Not always. Usually. If you just type MBps vs Mbps into a search engine of your choice, you’ll find quite a few sources that point out that B = Byte and b = bit.
Also, it’s even less always since there are other ways of notating datarate.
Here in Germany, for example, Mbps is usually written MBit/s and MB/s stays MB/s. Similar to kph which we write km/h. Also I‘ve seen mbps written (incorrectly) with a lower case ‘M’ and sometimes with an uppercase M.
Technically Mb/s = Mbps ≠ MBps = MB/s, if you want to stay SI conform.
It’s simply a metric not very well suited for all caps which can cause confusion, if you’re used to different notations.
An average of 136 MB/s in Germany? Are they sure it’s not supposed to be 136 Mbit/s, thus 17 MB/s? Because I rarely have more than 100 MB/s and I’m pretty sure my connection is one of the best you can get as a private user in this country (1 Gbit/s).
It does say MB but i am sure they mean Mb. Atleat for norway 167 Mbps seems correct. The average is for sure not above 1gbps
I think it’s so high because they might factor in large businesses, companies and unis, which have incredible fast connection. But I still wonder how they come up with that
Pretty sure it’s Mbit/s. 🇬🇷 here, on a 100Mbit/s line. And yeah, the average seems to be the one stated in the pic.
Mbps != MB/s
The image uses a capital B which technically means Bytes not bits. The misunderstanding is plausible
Yes, but the bits per seconds are always written as bps, while the bytes per second are always written as B/s
Not always. Usually. If you just type MBps vs Mbps into a search engine of your choice, you’ll find quite a few sources that point out that B = Byte and b = bit.
Also, it’s even less always since there are other ways of notating datarate. Here in Germany, for example, Mbps is usually written MBit/s and MB/s stays MB/s. Similar to kph which we write km/h. Also I‘ve seen mbps written (incorrectly) with a lower case ‘M’ and sometimes with an uppercase M.
Technically Mb/s = Mbps ≠ MBps = MB/s, if you want to stay SI conform.
It’s simply a metric not very well suited for all caps which can cause confusion, if you’re used to different notations.
True about all caps!
Font set in small caps. Just look at “in”.
Averages are always skewed by outliers. For a realistic assessment, we’d need a median value.