Internet speed is measured by how much data the broadband/internet connection can download or upload per second and the speed is shown as bits per second (bps).
Broadband connections transfer thousands of bits per second (bps). We use the prefixes k, M and G to show the thousands of bits that have been transferred.
k = 1,000
M = 1,000k (1,000,000)
G = 1,000M (1,000,000,000)
Connection speeds are displayed Mbps or Gbps as this is the simplest why to display and allow people to compare broadband speed. Display broadband speed in Kbps would result is several unnecessary zeros e.g 30Mbps = 30000Kbps.