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Kilobyte per second to Kilobit per second Converter

Use this page to convert kilobyte per second values into kilobit per second, with background details, formulas, a worked example, and a quick conversion table.

Kilobyte per second

One thousand bytes per second (SI).

History: Data transfer rate units grew from serial communication, storage, and network bandwidth measurement.

Current use: Used for comparing network throughput, file transfers, storage interfaces, and communication links.

Also written as kB/s, kilobytes per second, KB/s.

Kilobit per second

One thousand bits per second (SI).

History: Data transfer rate units grew from serial communication, storage, and network bandwidth measurement.

Current use: Standard network and telecom terminology.

Also written as kbps, kilobits per second, kbit/s, kb/s.

Kilobyte per second to Kilobit per second table

Kilobyte per second [kB/s]Kilobit per second [kbps]
0.01 kB/s0.08 kbps
0.1 kB/s0.8 kbps
1 kB/s8 kbps
2 kB/s16 kbps
5 kB/s40 kbps
10 kB/s80 kbps
20 kB/s160 kbps
50 kB/s400 kbps
100 kB/s800 kbps

Frequently asked questions

  • How many Kilobit per second (kbps) are in one Kilobyte per second (kB/s)?

    One Kilobyte per second equals 8 Kilobit per second.

  • How do you convert Kilobyte per second to Kilobit per second?

    Multiply the Kilobyte per second value by 8 to get the result in Kilobit per second.

  • How do you convert Kilobit per second back to Kilobyte per second?

    Multiply the Kilobit per second value by 0.125 to get back to Kilobyte per second.

  • What is 1000000 Kilobyte per second in Kilobit per second?

    1000000 Kilobyte per second equals 8,000,000 Kilobit per second.