Megabits per day to bits per minute conversion

What is megabits per day?

Megabits per second (Mbps) and megabits per day are related but slightly different units of measurement.

Megabits per second (Mbps): This measures the amount of digital data that can be transmitted or received in one second. It's a unit commonly used to express internet speeds, bandwidth, or storage transfer rates. For example, a 100 Mbps internet connection can transmit 100 megabits of data every second.

Megabits per day (Mb/d): This measures the amount of digital data that can be transmitted or received in one day, assuming a constant rate of transmission. To calculate megabits per day, you multiply the megabits per second by the number of seconds in a day:

1 Mb/d = 100 Mbps × 86,400 s (in a day)

So, if your internet connection is 100 Mbps, its equivalent megabit-per-day rate would be:

100 Mbps × 86,400 s ≈ 8,640,000 Mb/d

To give you an idea of the scale, here are some examples:

• A 1 Gbps (gigabit per second) connection would be approximately 86.4 Gb/d.
• A 10 Gbps connection would be about 864 Tb/d (teraBYTES per day).

Now, when discussing megabits per day, keep in mind that it's a more abstract unit of measurement than megabits per second, and its implications on daily data transmission rates are significant.

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What is bits per minute?

A term from the old days of computing and data transmission!

Bits per minute (bpm) was a unit of measurement for the rate at which digital data was transmitted. It represented the number of binary digits (bits) that were transmitted in one minute.

In other words, it measured how quickly a computer or communication system could send bits of information over a wire, modem, or other transmission medium.

For example, if a data transmission system had a speed of 9600 bpm, it meant that it could transmit 96,000 bits (or 12 kilobits) in one minute.

With the advent of newer technologies and faster communication protocols, the term "bits per minute" has largely been replaced by more modern units of measurement, such as megabits per second (Mbps), gigabits per second (Gbps), or even terabits per second (Tbps).

But for those who worked with old computers, modems, and data transmission systems, bpm was a familiar term that represented the raw speed of data transfer!