What is Mbps?

Mbps is a unit of data transfer rate equal to 1,000 kilobits per second, Mbps is an abbreviation for megabit per second.  The measurement is a standard used in telecommunications and data services to describe the size of data transfer rate.  Mbps would be considered a larger measurement of data transfer when compared to smaller unit of Kbps.  A T1 line would have a data capacity of 1.544 Mbps or 1,544 Kbps.  Mbps is also known as Megabit Per Second, Mbit/s, or Mb/s.