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Speed/Size

Bits (Speed)

A bit is the smallest unit of digital information expressed as either a 0 or 1.
A bit is represented with a lower case "b".
Data speeds are expressed in bits per second.


SpeedAbbr
Bit Per Second-bps
Kilobit Per Seconda thousand bits per secondkbps
Megabit Per Seconda million bits per secondMbps
Gigabit Per Seconda billion bits per secondGbps


#Sample SpeedSpeed
1Required to Sling High Quality (HQ) video to Tablet/Smartphone 500 kbps
2Required to Sling Standard Quality (SQ) video to Tablet/Smartphone 250 kbps
3Required to Sling High Definition (HD) video to Computer4 Mbps
4Required to Sling Standard Definition (SD) video to Computer 800 kbps
5Required to watch High Definition (HD) video on do.com4 Mbps
6Required to watch Standard Definition (SD) video on do.com800 kbps
7Recommended to download IP VOD to receiver 2 Mbps
8Maximum download speed for Exede Silver 512 kbps
9Maximum upload speed for Exede Silver128 kbps
10Maximum download speed for Exede Gold1 Mbps
11Maximum upload speed for Exede Gold200 kbps
12Maximum download speed for Exede Platinum/Sterling1.5 Mbps
13Maximum upload speed for Exede Platinum/Sterling256 kbps
14Maximum download speed for Exede SB2A 10G/15G/25G5 Mbps
15Maximum upload speed for Exede SB2A 10G/15G/25G1 Mbps
16Maximum download speed for Exede SB2V 10G/15G/25G12 Mbps
17Maximum upload speed for Exede SB2V 10G/15G/25G3 Mbps


Bytes (Size)

A byte is equal to 8 bits. 
A byte is represented with an upper case "B".
File sizes are expressed in bytes.


SizeAbbr
Byte-B
Kilobytea thousand byteskB
Megabytea million bytesMB
Gigabytea billion bytesGB
Terabytea trillion bytesTB


# Sample SizesSize
1One hour of low-action 1 SD content in MPEG2 on DVR600 MB
2One hour of low-action 1 SD content in MPEG4 on DVR400 MB
3One hour of low-action 1 HD content in MPEG4 on DVR1.1 GB
4One hour of high-action 2 SD content in MPEG2 on DVR1.7 GB
5One hour of high-action 2 SD content in MPEG4 on DVR800 MB
6One hour of high-action 2 HD content in MPEG4 on DVR2.2 GB
7Exede Silver maximum monthly download7.5 GB
8Exede Silver maximum monthly upload2.3 GB
9Exede Gold maximum monthly download12 GB
10Exede Gold maximum monthly upload3 GB
11Exede Platinum maximum monthly download17 GB
12Exede Platinum maximum monthly upload5 GB
13Exede 10G maximum monthly upload+download10 GB
14Exede 15G maximum monthly upload+download15 GB
15Exede 25G maximum monthly upload+download25 GB


1 News, Cartoons, etc.
2 Sports, Action Movies, etc.