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Line 729: [[User:TechControl\|TechControl]] ([[User talk:TechControl\|talk]]) 15:36, 21 January 2009 (UTC) :Maybe somebody needs to tell Microsoft and the computer manufacturors then. If I click on my internet connection it tells me I am connected at 54.0 '''Mbps''' and if I download a file it reports the download speeds in the form of '''Kbps'''. All of the literatures that came with my PC and laptop also talk in these terms. So where does kbit/s and Mbit/s come from exactly? [[User:21stCenturyGreenstuff\|21stCenturyGreenstuff]] ([[User talk:21stCenturyGreenstuff\|talk]]) 16:04, 21 January 2009 (UTC) ::TechControl does not seem to understand the role of this guideline. It is not necessarily a compilation of how other publications handle style issues; it is a statement of the style choices made by the Wikipedia community. Since some standards use b as a symbol for bit, and other standards always spell out bit, this guideline has chosen to recommend that it always be spelled out. This is not incorrect; it is a choice. --[[User:Gerry Ashton\|Gerry Ashton]] ([[User talk:Gerry Ashton\|talk]]) 18:09, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

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