why my steam uses mbps instead of mb/s?

[elgato]

is there any way to change it

[Ogami]

Its mbps per default since the UI update a few weeks ago.
And yes, if you rather want MB/s just go into your Steam client settings under "DOWNLOADS" and turn off "display rate in bits per second".

[nullable]

Either is valid, and there is a setting.

I prefer MBps over Mbps. Speed is usually measured in bits, bandwidth is measured in bytes, it's a quasi convention that's been around for ages. They both can be used for either, there's a momentum behind bits being used in X cases and bytes being used in Y cases though.

Since we download games I'm surprised the download setting doesn't default to bytes though. But whatever, change it if you don't like it.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Because ISPs use mbps.

[[N]ebsun]

Joe "K"님이 먼저 게시:

mbps instead of mb/s

Don't those represent the same thing - the slash "/" denoting "per" ?

The real problem is... do they display megabit or mebibit

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Nebsun님이 먼저 게시:

Joe "K"님이 먼저 게시:

mbps instead of mb/s

Don't those represent the same thing - the slash "/" denoting "per" ?

Yes.

But some people still type M(m)b/s and mean MB/s.

[[N]ebsun]

cSg|mc-Hotsauce님이 먼저 게시:

some people still type M(m)b/s and mean MB/s.

:summercat2023:

and then.. do they mean Mbit or Mibit - since decimal / metric standards are different from the IEC and JEDEC

Doesn't make too much difference at lower scale, but the difference increases exponentially
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megabit
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit#Multiple_bits

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megabyte
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byte#Multiple-byte_units

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data-rate_units

I guess they use Mbit/s as being 1,000,000 (1 million) bits per second for the mbps,
and MB/s as being 1,000,000 (1 million) bytes per second for MB/s

[N3tRunn3r]

you change mbps into mb/s within steam options..

[Pepe]

Joe "K"님이 먼저 게시:

why my steam uses mbps instead of mb/s?

is there any way to change it

OP, learn to capitalize letters, please!

Nebsun님이 먼저 게시:

Joe "K"님이 먼저 게시:

mbps instead of mb/s

Don't those represent the same thing - the slash "/" denoting "per" ?

The real problem is... do they display megabit or mebibit

As OP has typed it, it's milibit.

mbps == mb/s == milibits per second

I think for MB/s, Valve uses the IEC power of two multiplier (even if they use the old deprecated notation - M instead of Mi), while for Mb/s they use the SI power of 10 multiplier.

[MoonC A T]

Hard to make a post when you don't capitalize correctly anyway, OP.

[nullable]

Nebsun님이 먼저 게시:

I guess they use Mbit/s as being 1,000,000 (1 million) bits per second for the mbps,
and MB/s as being 1,000,000 (1 million) bytes per second for MB/s

The convention I'm aware of is

MB would be megabyte
Mb would be megabit

Of course the problem that that convention is it requires a precision users aren't aware of or are often lazy about.

[Corrosive Studios [Dev]]

It's an option in the download settings. Change it to your preference.

[nullpo]

idk maybe the ISP pay valve to make it seems like your internet connection got faster, because it sure makes me think so before I see the unit