The difference between Megabit (Mbps) and Megabyte (MBps)
When you’re looking at broadband speeds, you’ve probably seen the terms Mbps and MBps. They look pretty similar, but they measure different things, and here’s the scoop:
- Mbps stands for Megabits per second
- MBps stands for Megabytes per second
The main difference? Bits vs Bytes. Yeah, it’s a little confusing, but here’s what you need to know:
Mbps is used to measure your internet connection’s speed—whether you’re streaming, downloading, or uploading. MBps, on the other hand, is used to measure file sizes (like how big that movie download is).
When it comes to broadband, Mbps is the standard. So when we talk about Full Fibre broadband speeds, you’re looking at how fast data travels in megabits, not megabytes.
Here’s where it gets fun: there are 8 bits in every byte, so if you see a speed of 150 Mbps, you can divide that by 8, and it comes out to about 18.75 MBps.
This is important because faster broadband speeds mean more data being transferred per second—so when we talk about our Full Fibre broadband speeds (anywhere from 150 Mbps to 2000 Mbps), we’re talking about getting data to you faster than ever.
Curious about your current speed? Give our broadband speed test page a go and see how you stack up against Zzoomm’s super-fast Full Fibre plans!
