How to Use kilobit in a Sentence

kilobit

noun

• The fastest consumer modems topped out at 56 kilobits per second under ideal conditions.
  — ArsTechnica, 11 Aug. 2025
• Past 150 kilometers, its satellite link drops to roughly 50 kilobits per second—not enough bandwidth to stream a single second of usable video.
  — Krish Kumar, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 2026
• Current underwater acoustic modems, for instance, can transmit and receive signals across tens of kilometers distance—though only at the meager bit rate of a few kilobits per second.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 18 Dec. 2025
• The relic of the early internet age has been mostly replaced by high-speed broadband, which can be thousands of times faster than the top dialup speed of 56 kilobits a second in ideal conditions.
  — David Matthews, New York Daily News, 11 Aug. 2025
• At its height, a dial-up connection could manage up to 56 kilobits per second under ideal conditions, according to Apple Insider.
  — Julia Gomez, USA Today, 30 Sep. 2025