Speed download - what does k/s mean?

[Mala]

I'm using Speed Download to check the exact speed of my slooooow broadband connection. It's listing the download at average speeds of between 2 and 8 k/s. But what exactly does it mean by k/s? Can't find an interpretation anywhere. Kilobytes per second? Kilobits per second?

 

[wrldwzrd89]

I'm using Speed Download to check the exact speed of my slooooow broadband connection. It's listing the download at average speeds of between 2 and 8 k/s. But what exactly does it mean by k/s? Can't find an interpretation anywhere. Kilobytes per second? Kilobits per second?

I suspect it's kilobytes per second based on the screenshots here.

 

[hcuar]

I'm using Speed Download to check the exact speed of my slooooow broadband connection. It's listing the download at average speeds of between 2 and 8 k/s. But what exactly does it mean by k/s? Can't find an interpretation anywhere. Kilobytes per second? Kilobits per second?

If it's kilobits per second, I'm amazed you are even posting.

If it's kilobytes per second, you are barely faster than dialup. I usually saw 5.3 to 6.0 kilobytes per second (depending on compression) when I had dialup.

Try this test at:

http://www.dslreports.com/stest?loc=97

Here's my results with cable:
2004-10-03 10:09:00 EST: 4035 / 495
Your download speed : 4132036 bps, or 4035 kbps.
A 504.3 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 507166 bps, or 495 kbps.

What service do you have anyway?

kbps is kilobits per second, KB/sec is kilobytes per second. (bps is of course bits per second)