What is the difference between Kilobits and Kilobytes?

Data transfer is always measured in bits

Bit per second, equals 1 bit

1000 bits make a kilobit (kbps)

1000 kilobits makes a megabit (mbps)

1000 megabit make a gigabit (gbit/s)

Data storage in bytes.

8 bits make a byte (B)

8 bytes make a kilobyte (KB)

1000 kilobytes make a megabyte (MB)

1000 megabytes makes a gigabyte (GB)

When you see a transfer rate on your internet it’s very likely to be shown as mbps not MB.

1megabyte is equal to 8 megabits so dividing your transfer rate by 8 will show you the data size you are transferring.

For example: 50mbp / 8 = 6.25MB

For another example, if you’re testing your gigabyte fibre connection and test 900mbps, that has the capability of transferring 112.5MB a second to your computer, to get you’re an idea of how much capacity that is you only need 25mbps to stream Ultra HD quality via Netflix.

If you would like more detail, click this Wikipedia link for more info