Are These Speeds The Same?

Hi,  which is faster 1.0 mbps or 100.0 mbps?

Which do you think is bigger, 1 or 100?

Mbps = Mega bits per second.  More bits per second = faster.

Mbps = Mega bits per second.  More bits per second = faster

Thanks Rob

Mbps = Mega bits per second.  More bits per second = faster

Thanks Rob

For future reference.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_rate_units

Geek-9    Thanks for the great link

[Mod & Malware Specialist]

Which do you think is bigger, 1 or 100?

The same thought initially popped in my head, but for someone who doesn't know what "mbps" is referring to, for all they know it could be a measurement of resistance.

for someone who doesn't know what "mbps" is referring to, for all they know it could be a measurement of resistance.

They knew they were "speeds". They used the word "speeds" in the title. Would they not therefore be aware that measures of "speed" are expressed as a quantity per unit of time: miles per hour, feet per second, revolutions per minute, etc? That a speed with a bigger number is faster? Notwithstanding that bits per second is actually a rate, not a speed.

[Mod & Malware Specialist]

All I'm saying is that if "mbps" referred to resistance, it would mean that 100 mbps has a significantly higher amount of resistance and therefore would be slow.  And I wasn't suggesting that the OP thought this; it was merely a hypothetical situation.

Shoot first, ask questions later...

All I'm saying is that if "mbps" referred to resistance

But it does not, and the OP knows that, because he asked "Are these speeds the same?". Not "Are these slownesses the same?" (the answer would still be ""No".) And all I am saying is that there must be a zillion squillion gazillion web sites, forums, etc discussing internet or network connections where somebody says e.g. "I have a 5 mbps connection, but I'd like a faster one, like 10 or 20" or other kids at school saying "Your 1 mbps connection sucks, I have 20", or ISP advertisments showing connections with a bigger mbps number costing more per month (now why might that be?), not to mention that in ordinary language "speeds" get faster with increasing numbers, (5 mph is walking pace, 180 mph is a very fast train) so that a reasonably percipient individual would soon realise that a speed with a bigger number is faster.

Salmon Trout, are you suggesting that-
 the 'need for speed'  is
a juvenile dysfunction? 

My car is faster that your car. You speedometer only goes to 100. Mine goes to 150. Never mind that yours is in miles and mine is in kilometers.

[Moderator]

Salmon Trout, are you suggesting that-
 the 'need for speed'  is
a juvenile dysfunction? 

My car is faster that your car. You speedometer only goes to 100. Mine goes to 150. Never mind that yours is in miles and mine is in kilometers.

Only you could come with this analogy...
Which is flawed for the reason that both rates were described with the same measurement...

a reasonably percipient individual would soon realise that a speed with a bigger number is faster.

In fact, in ordinary language, "more speed" actually means the same as "faster".

[Mod & Malware Specialist]

But it does not, and the OP knows that, because he asked "Are these speeds the same?"

Like I said, I wasn't referring to the OP in my hypothetical situation.  It doesn't matter that it is incorrect; that is completely beside the point.