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FCC to propose a minimum 100mbps to qualify as broadband, with a future goal of 1gbps (docs.fcc.gov)
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[–] antlion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Except that’s like dividing by zero. A millibit is undefined. A bit is the smallest indivisible unit of digital information.

But capitalization is important to distinguish between b for bit and B for Byte.

[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 2 points 1 year ago

Information entropy is measured in bits, and the bits are almost always fractional.

[–] Pretzilla@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Good catch but not quite. bps is a rate so it is allowed to be an abstract expression.

How many chickens per hour cross the road?

And more importantly, why.