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    A megabit per second (Mbit/s or Mbps) is a unit of data transfer rate equal to 1,000,000 bits per second or 1,000 kilobits per second.

    The bandwidths of consumer broadband internet services are often rated in Mbit/s.

    Data streams representing compressed video are often measured in Mbit/s:
      2 Mbit/s — VHS quality
      8 Mbit/s — DVD quality
      55 Mbit/s — HDTV quality


    More specific examples found on standard Comcast digital streams (transmitted in MPEG2 format):
      2-3 Mbit/s — a low-definition digital channel with a very clean signal
      5-6 Mbit/s — a low-definition digital channel with a digitized ("dirty") analog signal (or just an analog channel)
      8-12 Mbit/s — a medium to high-definition digital channel with DVD quality data (equivalent to HBO-HD)
      18-20 Mbit/s — a high-definition digital channel at 1080i (equivalent to Discovery HD)


    Another example, Network cards and cables are typically available in 10/100/1000 Mbit/s. This means they can support a transfer rate of 10 or 100 or 1000 Mbit/s.


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    See also

      Megabit, a unit of information storage (as opposed to transmission)




     
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