bit per second is a pretty standard way to measure network traffic. Just be glad they aren't listing baud! The networking community historically follows a tra

bit per second is a pretty standard way to measure network traffic. Just be glad they aren't listing baud! The networking community historically follows a tradition coming from telecoms, which is why there is a bit of a cultural split between networking folks and other computing folks (software and hardware folks have more cultural connection to each other than to networking!) Apenwarr actually traces this cultural and historical split forward [1] even to the difference between lower levels of the stack defined by IEEE standards (e.g. 802.11) and higher levels of the stack defined by IETF (e.g. IP). [1] https://apenwarr.ca/log/20170810 https://apenwarr.ca/log/20170810