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.
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fatzgebum@feddit.de · 21 pts · 2y
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).
sep@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 2y
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
exception4289@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
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.
WbrJr@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 2y
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
trollercoaster@feddit.de · 1 pts · 2y
Averages are always skewed by outliers. For a realistic assessment, we'd need a median value.
eutampieri@feddit.it · 1 pts · 2y
Mbps != MB/s
accideath@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
The image uses a capital B which technically means Bytes not bits. The misunderstanding is plausible
eutampieri@feddit.it · 1 pts · 2y
Yes, but the bits per seconds are always written as bps, while the bytes per second are always written as B/s
accideath@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
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.
eutampieri@feddit.it · 1 pts · 2y
True about all caps!
swayevenly@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 2y
Font set in small caps. Just look at "in".
manucode@feddit.de · 7 pts · 2y
Czechia, Iceland and Kosovo
kurcatovium@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 2y
I wonder why Czechia data is not there. Highly doubt it's so much worse than neighbouring countries that it is ashamed.
Alchalide@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
I finally got Fibre at my home. 1000 up and down for 40 euro per month after the discount period. Fuck Ziggo.
JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 2y
I only have between 3 and 9MB/s in the UK, and our internet speed seems is apparently pretty fast. It's at least average.
BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works · -1 pts · 2y
Guess you don't need fast internet for baking cakes with obscene amounts of cinnamon deep in your pine forests. Why so slow Sweden?