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> Be aware that it is bits, so 62.5kb

Ok, I’m not normally one to be the pedantic bits/bytes guy, but if you’re gonna go and make a bit/byte “clarification” you need to get the annotation correct or you'll just confuse everyone.

It’s 500kb (small b for bits) and 62.5kB(capital/big B for bytes).



Shouldn’t it actually be KB or even KiB?


If we're playing actually, then it's a speed not a quota, so whatever the correct value it should be suffixed with "per second".


Good point!


K is for Kelvin, so probably not. kB or KiB, depending on intent.




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