Real Kbps, vs. Real Kbps

KBPS stand for Kilobyters Per Second correct?

When someone buys an internet subscription from their ISP, their ISP usually advertises a speed. When we bought out internet connection, I think we bought the 768Kbps download speed, and 128Kbps upload.

However, when I run a speedtest (www.speakeasy.net/speedtest), once it's completed, it tells me about my speed (that I purchased) and then in parentheses something like 278Kbps download speed, and 68Kbps upload speed.

I thought I purchased the 768Kbps, and the 128Kbps? It says that's what I got, but then in parentheses it says a second number. What is this speed?

Last Result:
Download Speed: 8041 kbps (1005.1 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 7051 kbps (881.4 KB/sec transfer rate)

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You're looking at that part right? kbps is kilobits per second while KBps (or KB/s) is kilobytes per second. Both numbers indicate the same speed. There's 8 bits in a byte.

Ha! That would be my problem! Thank you.

yea when i got my connection it said 6.0 mbps well i thought that just couldn't be right and found out about the difference of the bits and the bytes. i got the connection anyways after i found out because it was the fastest one they offered.