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Here we have Mbps to kbps and all you should know about changing these data transfer rates (DTR).

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We first describe what these units exactly stand for.

It is of great significance if the “b” in Mbps is spelled lower case or with a capital letter.

Find out why by reading on.

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What is Mbps?

Mbps is a data transfer rate, and as such measures the amount of digital units which are passed in a given interval.

Mbps means Mb per second, and represents megabits per second if the letter b is small.

In turn, when the B is uppercase, then MBps stands for megabyte per second.

Similarly, kbps is the abbreviation for kilobit per second, as opposed to kBps which is less common and signifies kilobytes per second.

These units are usually shortened as mbps, MBps, kbps and kBps, respectively.

The decimal prefix mega is always abbreviated with a capital M, in contrast to the decimal prefix kilo with its lowercase symbol k.

The symbols for the data transfer rates under consideration are:

  • Mb/s or Mbit/s (Mb per second)
  • kb/s or kbit/s (kb per second)
  • MB/s or Mbyte/s (MB per second)
  • kB/s or kbyte/s (kb per second)

How to Convert Mbps to kbps?

You have to multiply the speed in Mbps by 1000 to get the equivalent value in kbps.

The formula is [kbps] = [Mbps] * 1000. This way we get:

1 kbps = 0.0001 Mbps
1 Kilobit per second = 0.0001 Megabit per second

If you want to convert 20 Mbps to kbps for instance, then you multiply 20 by 1000 to get 20000 kbps as result.

As the ratio of mega to kilo ratio is constant for all units we can infer that 1 kBps = 0.001 MBps for megabytes per second to kilobytes per second.

If you want to change MBps to Mbps, aka Mbytes to Mbits, assuming the byte size is 8 bits, multiply the amount in MBps by 8.

If you want to convert Mbps to MBps, aka Mbits to Mbytes, divide the amount by 8, again under the presumption 1 byte = 8 bits.

But to make your life easy it is recommended to use our app above to change the units.

Here you can convert kbps to Mbps.

About our Mbps to kbps Converter

Using our tool at the top of this article you can even convert from mebibit per second (Mibit/s) to kibibit per second (Kibit/s), which means changing binary prefixed data transfer rate units.

Our calculator will also transform any input in decimal prefixed units to binary prefixes units, and vice versa.

If you don’t know what binary or decimal prefixes mean, then you perhaps want to have a quick look on our home page.

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Note that you can alternatively search frequent conversions making use of the form on the sidebar.

You can, for example, conduct queries like 1kbps in Mbps and 1 kbps in Mbps.

Converting Mbps to kb is a task commonly related to Internet connection speed, be it either upload or download.

But it can also be in connection with the transfer rate of your switch or modem, just to name a few devices.

At the time of this writing, megabit per second (MBps) is the unit usually given by ISPs, at the early stages of the World Wide Web age it used to Kbps, kilobit per second.

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– Article written by Mark, last updated on December 22nd, 2023