Kilobits Per Second (kbps)

Unit Breakdown

Bit = the smallest unit of data (a 0 or 1)
Kilo = one thousand (10^3)
Kilobit Per Second (kbps) = 1,000 bits per second

What is Kilobits Per Second (kbps)?

Kilobits per second (kbps) is a unit of measurement used to describe data transfer speed -specifically, how many kilobits can be moved through a connection in one single second.

Common Use: Associated with dial-up modems (56k), basic text-based communication, and low-quality VoIP calls. While largely replaced by Mbps, it is still used to describe highly compressed audio files or low-bandwidth IoT devices.

Kilobits per second (kbps) Data Transfer Estimator

Enter constant network speed:

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Calculate total data moved over a period of:

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Data Transfer Rate:

1 Kilobits per second (kbps)

Calculated data volume transferred in 1 second at a constant speed of 1 kbps.

=125 B/s
=0.125 kB/s
=0.1220703125 KiB/s
=0.000125 MB/s
=0.00011920928955078125 MiB/s
=0.000000125 GB/s
=0.000000116415321826934814453125 GiB/s
=0.000000000125 TB/s
=0.000000000113686837721616029739 TiB/s