what the heck is Mpbs”?

[ChrisGreaves]

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I am now officially Drifting out of my Knowledge Area. A better way of phrasing that might be “I am more interested in Reading Books from the Library than in Keeping up to Date on Technology”.

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I understand Upload Speeds, Download Speeds. I get Bits-Per-Second as “bps” and Bytes Per Second as “Bps”, and their kilo-loaded equivalents.
But what the heck is Mpbs”?

I cannot locate the original articles online, but my photos are dated September 10th, so the articles appeared either on that day, or less than a week before.
Thanks
chris

[HansV]

But what the heck is Mpbs”?

A typo?

[HansV]

Or:

Multi Purpose Bayonet System
Mobile Phone Base Station
Maintenance Performance Budgeting System
Master of Professional Business Studies
...

Who wouldn't want to upload 10 Masters of Professional Business Studies?

[Rudi]

Mega packets by second.

[ChrisGreaves]

But what the heck is Mpbs”?

A typo?

Could be.
I've spent the best part of a week, more off than on, wondering about it.

I'm serious about "being out of the loop", especially when it comes to technical terminology.
Gone are the days when I avidly read Byte, Computing Canada and other periodicals.
Cheers
Chris

[ChrisGreaves]

Mega packets by second.

I might buy this explanation.
But if a "packet" is still 128 bytes (or the bit or Shannon equivalent), then it is only a saving of order of 2⁷, or about 10^3²
Doesn't seem like a terribly useful abrvn to me.
Cheers
Chris

[John Gray]

It's quite simple - Mbps is a measure of download bitrate, and Mpbs is a measure of upload bitrate. The bits/letters go in the opposite direction, don't they!

[HansV]

Sounds very plausible...

[Rudi]

Wow. TX John. I never knew that.

[stuck]

It's quite simple - Mbps is a measure of download bitrate, and Mpbs is a measure of upload bitrate. The bits/letters go in the opposite direction, don't they!

Flawless logic Insight like this is why I love The Lounge.



Ken