Knowing how your home internet works may rely on understanding these two key terms: Megabits and Megabytes. Internet terminology is often maddeningly confusing. Case in point: Megabits and megabytes.

This issue most often arises when dealing with internet providers. Imagine a company offers speeds of up to 100 Mbps. Because we are more used to dealing with megabytes (for storage), people often ...

Do you struggle to tell the difference between megabits and megabytes or surf the web blissfully unaware of your download limits? If so, you might be paying £100 more for your broadband than you need ...

Ever sign up for internet that claimed 20 Mb per second, only to find that your files download at 2.5 MB per second? They aren't lying to you. Look closely and you'll see that those two figures use ...

I am confused by jargon! A recent test of my BT broadband download speed is stated to be 2.78 Mbps. Is this megabits or megabytes per second, as I believe there are 8 bits to a Byte? I am sure there ...