Theterminology of the networking worldit can be confusing and,

in some cases, lead to misunderstandings. When we go to

hire a fiber plan that offers us 600 Mbps
speed, it is possible that we think we will be able to
download 600 MB of data in one second, but nothing else
far from reality. What's the reason? Queen the first case
we talk about megabits and in the second of
megabytes.
The first is pronounced 'megabit' and the second 'megabait'
and the difference between the two is substantial. Both terms
they are used to measure the weight of a file, but a megabit
(Mb) is eight times smaller than a megabyte
(MB). Por eso, cuando descargamos un archivo de 100 MB
at 100 Mb/s (or Mbps) we don't take a second, but rather something
more.
If we look at thefiber offerof any company of
In telephony, we will see that the speed of fiber expresses
always, always, always in Mbps. For example,
Pepephone installs 200 Mb of fiber, that is, 200 megabits
per second. Movistar, in its highest plan, 600 Mbps, and
Vodafone reaches up to 1 Gbps.
That is internet speed, but to translate it to weight of
It is necessary to do a very simple conversion.
So, you just have to divide or
multiply by eight, according to the direction. Thus, 1 Mbps
It is, really, 0.125 MB/s, while 1 MB/s is 8.
Mbps. To put it more simply, we have made a
conversion table with different Internet speeds
so you can see how long it would actually take you to download a
100 MB file.
 SPEED
D DE CONVERSION TIME TO DOWNLOAD A FILE
INTERNET A MB FROM 100 MB

10 Mbps 1.25 MB/s 80 seconds

100 Mbps 12.5 MB/s 8 seconds

200 Mbps 25 MB/s 4 seconds

300 Mbps 37.5 MB/s 2.67 seconds

600 Mbps 75 MB/s 1.34 seconds

1,000 Mbps 125 MB/s 0.8 seconds

How can we verify, download a file from

100 MB at a speed of 100 Mbps does not take a
second, but eight seconds, because really
we are downloading 12.5 megabytes per second. That in
optimal conditions, of course. The speed of a network does not
it is completely stable, so the time will fluctuate in
function of the situation.
Be that as it may, we already know the conversion formula.
so we can use it to know the volume of data
in MB that we are downloading. Let's remember:

To convert from Mbps to MB/s: divide by eight.

To convert from MB/s to Mbps: multiply by eight.
The needs of each platform

So far, we have seen the conversion formulas and

how much data are we really downloading according to the
speed, but to see it more clearly we are going to use
some real examples. Specifically, we will talk about
Netflix, HBO, YouTube, Spotify, and Google Stadia.

Netflix, for example, requires a speed of 5 Mbps for

watch movies in HD and 25 Mbps for 4K content. That
means that we are actually downloading 0.625 MB and
3,125 MB per second, respectively. To see
content on HBO, the company asks us for a speed
minimum of 3.1 Mbps, which divided by eight turns out to be
0.3875 MB/s.

Although the speeds may seem high, the volume of

The data we are downloading is not that much.
YouTube, for its part, asks us for a speed of more than
500 Kbps, which is 62.5 KB/s or 0.062 MB/s. If we want to
to view premium content in 4K, the minimum speed is 20
Mbps, which means we need to be able to
download 2.5 MB/s. If we talk about music at 320 Kbps in
Spotify, which is the highest quality offered, we are talking about 40
KB/s or 0.04 MB/s.

And what about Google Stadia? How much data are we

really downloading using the streaming service of
Google video games? If we play in HD we need a
minimum connection of 10 Mbps, that is, 1.25 MB/s. In
In FullHD, the speed rises to 20 Mbps, 2.5 MB/s. For
to play in 4K we will need 35 Mbps, so in reality
we will be downloading 4,375 MB every second.
The speed of the offers that you can find in a
comparison of ADSL or fiber optic is measured in Mb (with b
lowercase), which is the abbreviation for Megabits (pronounced
"megabit"). Instead, the files on the computer or the megabytes
Mobile internet rates are measured in MB (with B
uppercase), which is the abbreviation for Megabyte (pronounced
megabait

Both MB and Mb measure the size of a file. But a

MB (Megabyte, "megabait") is eight times larger than a
Mb (Megabit,"megabit"). So if we have a song that
it occupies 10 MB and with a connection of 10 Mb/s, it will take us about 8

seconds to download itin the best case scenario.

The price of the image is for example only, not an offer.

actual)

Browsers also show the speed in MB at

download. Therefore, when you download a file from the internet with
a 10 Mb/s connection, the speed that the browser will indicate
It will be about 1 MB/s. If it is lower, it is measured in KB (kilobytes).
In this case, 1024 KB is 1 MB and 1 MB is 8 Mb. Reaching a
a speed of 8 Mb/s with a 10 Mb/s ADSL is normal.

And to finish this accelerated course on megas, the term

"speed" is not the most appropriate term to refer to your connection.
In reality, the most correct thing would be to call it flow. Because the
Electrons always travel at the same speed along the line.
telephone! It's as if our line were a river through which the
the operator sends us more or less fish (bits). So if someone
You ask and you want to be very fine, you can say that your ADSL
it has a bandwidth of up to 10 megabits per second. And if
you have fiber, "a flow of 100 real megabits per second".

In the last few weeks, we have mentioned the topic of speed several times.
download, either to describe local internet plans or to launch listings of countries with the best
connectivity.
The fact is that, as a result of inquiries from several readers, we have deemed it appropriate to clarify a
little the definition of "Mbps", which as of now is the most used format for measuring
the download and upload speeds of a connection, but that many
they mistakenly confuse with 'MB/s'.

So what does Mbps mean? Mbps stands for 'Megabits per second'.

Megabits? Wasn't it Megabytes? No, the indicator refers to Megabits, which are a unit
of a different measure than Megabytes. Both are used to measure the amount of
information, but they represent different quantities.
Let's start by saying that a Megabit is 1,000 Kilobits, with a Kilobit being 1,000 bits, bits that
they are the smallest unit of measurement of information.

Moving on to the next definition, MB/s means 'Megabytes per second'.

And what is a Megabyte? Well, a Megabyte is 1,024 Kilobytes, given that a Kilobyte is its
A vez is equivalent to 1,024 bytes, and 1 byte is in turn equivalent to 8 bits.

I was a little confused, better look at this small equivalence table:

8 bits 1 Byte

1,000 bits 1 Kilobit

1,024 bytes 1 Kilobyte

1,000 Kilobits 1 Megabit

1,024 Kilobytes 1 Megabyte

The fact that Bits go in increments of 1,000 and Bytes in increments of 1,024 adds more
confusion to the theme.

Finally, to have at least an approximate equivalence, we leave you the following table:

1 Megabit 0.12 Megabytes

10 Megabits 1.2 Megabytes

100 Megabits 12 Megabytes

Now, this results in the final:

10 Mbps 1.2 MB/s

So, knowing this, when you are offered a download speed of 10 Mbps, don't go to
to be wrongly complaining when your downloads do not exceed 1.2 MB/s, a rate
data transfer more than adequate for the speed you have contracted.
We hope that this little piece of information, perhaps somewhat basic, has been helpful to you, especially
to avoid misunderstandings, confusions, and bad times, which are more common than those
We would expect when we talk about our internet lines, both fixed and mobile.

THE SPEEDAND THE PRICE OFTHE

INTERNET CONNECTION IN THE WORLD

MASGNULINUXTHE SPEED AND THE PRICE OF THE CONNECTION IN

INTERNET IN THE WORLD

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The first time I got Internet connection back in Tenerife, it was
of 56 kbps. and I used a modem that would ring you by
phone, the connection was cut off. Later, it reached 512
kbps. And when we reached 1 meg, we felt like heroes. And
there were few telecos at that time. Who was going to
to say that in 2019 I was going to have 600 Mbps with something called
optical fiber

Within the same country, although one can choose between

different Internet providers, the speeds they offer
and the prices they charge tend to be very similar due to the subject
from the competition. Unless, of course, you hire plans
cheaper and obviously slower.

There is a portal called 'Compare the Marketthat has been carried out
an interesting study on costs and speeds
of broadband around the world. So get ready to
making you jealous or feeling like a hero, depending on the
place where you live. And do not let your guard down, because you can get caught
surprises.
 The fastest place to be connected is Singapore with a
average download speed of 185.25 Mbps. Iceland
takes second place with 153.3 Mbps, followed by South Korea
With 114.31 Mbps, the United States ranks fifth.
with 107.28 Mbps, what were you expecting it to be the first?, and
Spain also holds a prominent position in 7th place with
105.03 Mbps, while the United Kingdom ranks 27th
with 55.14 Mbps. At the bottom of the list is Brunei.
with only 15.1 Mbps.

To put these speeds in perspective, downloading a

Netflix time would only take 16 seconds in Singapore, 28
seconds in the U.S. and 54 seconds in the United Kingdom,
while in Brunei it could take up to 3.18 minutes.

When it comes to cost, the cheapest place to be

connected to the network is Israel at €11.76 per month, followed by
Argentina 14.00 € and Turkey 14.41 €. The average in the States
The United States is €61.14, the United Kingdom pays €35.74, and the most expensive.
it is that of the United Arab Emirates, where a whopping amount is paid
141.88 € per month for a broadband that only manages
downloads at 38.16 Mbps (1 minute 19 seconds on the scale of
In Spain, the average is €38.26 per month.

Below, the complete list.

COST SPEED SPEED

COUNTRY MENSUAL DESCENT ASCENT Netflix download time

Singapore 45,55 € 185.25Mbps192.08Mbp16 segundos

s

Iceland 69,24 € 153.3Mbps 155.46 Mbps 20 seconds

s

South Korea 29,16 € 114.31Mbps90.2Mbps 26 seconds

 COST SPEED SPEED
COUNTRY MONTHLY DESCENT UPWARD Netflix Download Time

Hungary 16,59 € 108.78Mbps44.44Mbps 28 seconds

USA 61,14 € 107.28Mbps37.11Mbps 28 seconds

Sweden 50,55 € 106.76Mbps72.98Mbps 28 seconds

Spain 38,27 € 105.03Mbps87.51Mbps 29 seconds

Switzerland 72,24 € 104.2Mbps 65.37Mbps 29 seconds

Luxembourg 64,26 € 101.48Mbps65.5Mbps 30 seconds

Norway 66,76 € 98.72Mbps 75.67Mbps 30 seconds

France 28,12 € 96.14Mbps 49.05Mbps 31 seconds

Denmark 46,16 € 91.27Mbps 67.11Mbps 33 seconds

Canada 52,07 € 91.05Mbps 38.57Mbps 33 seconds

Japan 33,55 € 88.97Mbps 97.52Mbps 34 seconds

Netherlands 53,49 € 86.14Mbps 41.77Mbps 35 seconds

New Zealand 53,08 € 83.96Mbps 47.63Mbps 36 seconds

 COST SPEED SPEED
COUNTRY MONTHLY DESCENT ASCENT DOWNLOAD TIME OF Netflix

Portugal 55,21 € 73.65Mbps 39.67Mbps 41 seconds

Lithuania 15,20 € 71.37Mbps 63.07Mbps 42 seconds

Barbados 100,98 € 70.37 Mbps 38.45Mbps 43 seconds

Israel 11,76 € 69.24Mbps 15.44Mbps 43 seconds

Germany 33,11 € 65.19Mbps 15.8Mbps 46 segundos

Belgium 41,24 € 63.85Mbps 13.59Mbps 47 seconds

Malta 48.47 € 62Mbps 11.09Mbps 48 seconds

Taiwan 23,82 € 61.86Mbps 37.71Mbps 48 seconds

Ireland 58,79 € 56.43Mbps 19.67Mbps 53 seconds

Poland 16,49 € 55.36Mbps 20.47Mbps 54 seconds

United Kingdom 35,74 € 55.14Mbps 12.72Mbps 54 seconds

Chile 41,09 € 54.77Mbps 12.69Mbps 55 seconds

Latvia 16,87 € 52.91Mbps 51.18Mbps 57 seconds

Finland 47,16 € 51.6Mbps 23.05Mbps 58 seconds

 COST SPEED SPEED
COUNTRY MONTHLY DESCENT ASCENT Netflix Download Time

Slovakia 19,52 € 50.66Mbps 18.44Mbps 59 seconds

Estonia 24,95 € 47.94Mbps 32.97Mbps 1 minute, 3 seconds

Slovenia 28,65 € 45.53Mbps 15.55Mbps 1 minute, 6 seconds

Panama 97,88 € 45.45Mbps 8.96Mbps 1 minute, 6 seconds

Czech Republic 23,42 € 44.6Mbps 23.6Mbps 1 minute, 7 seconds

Italy 26,62 € 42.79Mbps 15.37Mbps 1 minute, 10 seconds

Trinidad and Tobago 54,88 € 42.5Mbps 23.15Mbps 1 minuto, 11 segundos

United Arab Emirates 141,88 € 38.16Mbps 13.56Mbps 1 minute, 19 seconds

Austria 45,78 € 37.43Mbps 11.7Mbps 1 minute, 20 seconds

Uruguay 41,99 € 35.32Mbps 9.93Mbps 1 minute, 25 seconds

Qatar 126,94 € 33.98Mbps 18.62Mbps 1 minute, 28 seconds

Australia 47,65 € 32.96Mbps 12.81Mbps 1 minute, 31 seconds

Saudi Arabia 86,43 € 29.83Mbps 12.55Mbps 1 minute, 41 seconds

Croatia 24.14 € 29.19Mbps 12.65Mbps 1 minute, 43 seconds

 COST SPEED SPEED
COUNTRY MONTHLY DESCENT UPLIFT DOWNLOAD TIME OF Netflix

Bahamas 65,71 € 28.5Mbps 10.59Mbps 1 minute, 45 seconds

Mexico 30,08 € 24.84Mbps 10.08Mbps 2 minutes, 1 second

Argentina 14,00 € 24.14Mbps 5.63Mbps 2 minutes, 4 seconds

Cyprus 47,86 € 22.96Mbps 5.45Mbps 2 minutes, 11 seconds

Oman 135,98 € 22.05Mbps 6.91Mbps 2 minutes, 16 seconds

Kuwait 49,28 € 21.76Mbps 18.55Mbps 2 minutes, 18 seconds

Greece 52,55 € 19.86Mbps 13.84Mbps 2 minutes, 31 seconds

Turkey 14,41 € 18.76Mbps 5.52Mbps 2 minutes, 40 seconds

Bahrain 86,92 € 18.32Mbps 6.07Mbps 2 minutes, 44 seconds

Brunei 111,30 € 15.15Mbps 10.36Mbps 3 minutes, 18 seconds

10 MBPS: THE PERFECT BALANCE BETWEEN COST AND BENEFIT

It would not be crazy to say that the internet changed the world. This tool
transformed personal relationships, created new markets, and even changed the
way of doing business. But it all starts from that point at home or
office where the modem is connected. From there comes all the potential that can
to have a person or a small business to enter the world of
internet. I remember my first experience with the internet. It was back in the
95, when my dad brought a disc from America Online and we made it through the 'goma'.
an international call to the United States to browse at speeds
very poor on the AOL platform. I still remember, at 12 years old, of
the first thing I looked at was the Cartoon Network site section with
all its characters and discussions about them.

Returning to the future, today the internet has evolved so much that it is now necessary
having good broadband to take advantage of the various services that
Brinda. Colombia is in the process of increasing its internet connections and
improve the [Link] to the latest study by the Ministry of ICTin the
in the second quarter of 2014 there were 9,344,568 broadband connections in the
country. There are also 558,873 internet points that are not considered as
broadband.

But that figure needs to be analyzed with a magnifying glass. What does band mean?
wide? According to the Government, a connection that falls into this category must
to have a speed greater than 1024 Kbps, or to be classified as 3 or 4G. In
in other words, if you have a 1 Mbps connection, the government considers that
it has broadband.

But, do you agree that 1 MB is broadband? In the United States, a

country that is not a leader in internet speed,there is a proposal for
redefine‘broadband’ or banda ancha so that the lower threshold remains at 10
Mbps. The speed of change on the internet is very fast and governments
they should be aware of it.

The MinTIC, starting the new period, has the opportunity to return to
define what broadband is and what it is not. Despite the reality of the country, broadband
broadband should be a definition based on the services that the internet has.
If a 1 Mbps connection is not enough to consume the rich content
Should it be considered broadband? I leave that question open.

This raises a question: is having 1 MB of connection enough to enjoy and

make the most of the internet? Today, the answer is no. The demands of
content is increasing and almost all internet pages have a
audiovisual component that requires more bandwidth to take advantage of it
adequately. Of course, for example,says that in order todeploy video in
HD requires a minimum connection of 2 Mbps. But remember, that is the
minimum requirement. Any user of any streaming service
the video will tell you that 2 Mbps is far from being the best option for having a
optimal experience.

And if you live with more than one person, if you start watching a movie, you will leave the
rest of the house without internet. Several internet services recommend at least
5 Mbps to watch movies in HD. This represents the lowest threshold and
He will surely have problems. So, what is the appropriate speed?

The most suitable for a home today is 10 Mbps. With this speed,
you will be able to watch movies on different streaming services without collapsing the
connection at your home. You will be able to watch the latest movie on MovieCity Play
while your son plays 'League of Legends' without any problem. With a
A 10 Mbps per second connection will have the security that any service has.
from the internet - music, work applications, video, video games, etc. - gives you
it will run without any problem.

In addition to quality, having this type of connection will give you a lot of flexibility.
Your tablet, for example, can become a faithful companion in your
home. If you need to see a recipe to make it, you can take the device.
move to the kitchen and execute it without problems. Meanwhile, their partner will be able to
to have the computer and accompany her while she sends the heavy presentation
through WeTransfer.

At the same time, the 'kids' can continue doing chores or playing.
video games without screaming 'Who's downloading something?!'.
flexibility allows each household user to make the most of the internet and
take advantage of the services they prefer.

The 10 Mbps plan is the best for a household with several members. It is
sufficiently economical and flexible to meet all the
needs of the household members without leaving a hole in the pocket.
In addition, with Claro, by subscribing to this service you receive five accounts of
10 GB email each.

Among all the options available, the 10 Mbps one has the best value.
cost-benefit. With this band, you will be able to take advantage of almost all the services of
internet at a fair cost. The benefits are clear: at a good price, you will have a
excellent experience with most of the services that the internet provides today
day. You will be able to watch videos online, stream music, play games, and even
to work comfortably with this type of connection. These are the benefits
from the internet of 10 Mbps.

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Measure the speed of my

internet connection
Knowing what the true download and transfer speed is
of data, when we connect from the computer or a
mobile, in Megabits per second. Differences with Megabyte and
how to convert between them.
The vast majority of people who connect to the internet,
they do not know the true speed that the connection has
they use.
Many only follow what their provider announces and do not
they have been worried about knowing what their true value is in the
practice.
On this page, we include a tool to measure speed
download of any internet connection whether it is a
cable connection, wireless or a cellular network and we explain the
technical terms commonly used to define it, such as
Megabits and Megabytes, as well as the differences between them.
We also included tables and a converter, to facilitate any ...
calculation.

The true transmission speed

of a connection
Due to the constant instability in the transmission of data from
in any network, the results of a measurement are never identical
they are exact.
Determining aspects such as: server availability
what the measurement offers, the state of the network, the latency, the equipment
that requests it, request to the DNS server, takes longer than usual
exchange of the HTTPS protocol, etc.
All speed measurement services available in
internet, they use the same principle, measuring the time needed to
download or upload a specific file to a server.
In the tool included on this page, it is created dynamically.
with PHP a 15 MB file on the server, which is downloaded
continuously for 10 seconds, measuring the speed with
JavaScript and finally the speed result is displayed
average.
This method is theoretically quite accurate, but in practice it is not.
it happens like this.

If the measurement is repeated several times, in some networks such as the

wireless, somewhat different results will be obtained due to the
instability, but it will give us an idea of the average speed of
our connection, which is always different throughout the day.
In this case we only measure the download speed.
which is never the same as the upload speed.
Units of measurement used,
differences between bytes and bits

There is great confusion between the units used for

measure the data transfer speed on the internet and others
computer networks.
It is largely due to the apparent similarity between the terms
"Byte" and "bits".
Byte (pronounced bait in Spanish) is the unit of measurement
used in storage systems to define the
amount of space that a certain file occupies in a
support, whether on a hard drive, flash memory, or optical discs
(CDROM, DVD), as well as to express the capacity of these.
Its multiples like the Kilobyte or Megabyte are not obtained from its
multiplication by a thousand not a million, but by 1024.
In the following table, you can find the correspondence of
each term.

Correspondence between the multiples of Byte

Abbreviation Term Quantity

1KB (KiloByte) 1024 Bytes

1MB (MegaByte) 1024 KB

1GB (GigaByte) 1024 MB

1TB TeraByte 1024 GB

To measure the speed of copying or writing on the media or

among them, KiloByte per second (KB/s) or MegaByte per
second (MB/s).
For example, it is possible to copy between two SATA hard drives in a
about 40 MB of data, at that speed a movie in
AVI format (700 MB) would take 20 seconds.

Data transfer speed in

the networks

The term 'bits per second' is the unit of measure used

to measure the data transfer speed on the internet and in
other computer networks.
The term bits is used in lowercase and never in isolation.
for example: 10 kbit/s (10 kilobits per second).
Its equivalents are:

Abbreviation Term Quantity

1 kbit/s kilobits per second 1000 bits per second

1 mbps/s megabits per second 1000 kilobits per second

1 gbps gigabits per second 1,000 megabits per second

Relationship and conversion between Bytes and

bits per second
Currently, it is frequently used when referring to the
broadband internet speed the term "Mega(s)".
most people believe that it means 'Megabytes', what
What a mistake, it would be a fantastic speed but impossible in
those connections.
Internet service providers catalog and refer to
the broadband connections they offer, using
logically the unit of measurement bits per second or its multiples
What are Kbps and Mbps.
They are referring to megabits with the term 'Mega(s)', which is
very different, the bits are equivalent to an eighth of a byte.
That is, a connection of 1 Mbps (megabits per second) from
speed, it will really be able to transfer only 125 KB/s
(kilobytes per second).
The confusion is heightened by the fact that it is not fulfilled
established when abbreviated, to use b for bits and B for
Bytes, that is to say:

56 kilobits per second should be represented as: 56Kb/s or 56Kbps.

56 kilobytes per second should be represented as: 56KB/s or 56KBps.

In summary, with a connection whose bandwidth is 1024

Kbps (1 Mega) can be downloaded in that time interval (1
second), a file that takes up 122 KBytes on disk.

How to convert bits to bytes?

➔ The simplest way: 1 Byte = 8 bits.

➔ Download speed in KBytes = (Bandwidth in Kbps
x1000) /8)/1024
➔ Or also, download speed in KBytes.= Width of
band in Kbps x 0.1220703125
➔ Or the simplest and most practical way: KBytes = Bandwidth
in Kbps X 8
➔ More accurate, KBytes = Bandwidth in Kbps X 8.192.

The following table shows you the correspondence between the width
bandwidth of the service in Kb and the download speed of
files in KB per second.

Of course, the previous calculations are only theoretical, in the

practices can never be achieved, it is necessary to reduce by about 15 and
a 20% due to signal losses in the networks of
transmission, insufficient hardware performance on the PC and others
factors that always conspire against full utilization
from the network.

The table does not show the correspondence for the connections.
of telephone access by modem or dial-up of 56Kb, really the
download speed does not exceed 5 KBytes per second, if in
the measurement gives you a value above 4 KBytes x
second date satisfied.

To convert between the different units used on the internet and

know the maximum speed allowed by the different
connections, access the following page of our site:Tables
of the transfer speed of network connections
Summary of the most common units of measurement
used
Name Abbreviation Value

bit b 0 or 1

byte B 8 bits

kilobit kb 1000 bits

kilobyte KB 1024 bytes

Megabit Mb 1000 kilobits

Megabyte MB 1024 Kilobytes

Gigabit Gb Megabits

Gigabyte GB 1024 Megabytes

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