Broadband allows users to access information via the Internet through one of several high-speed transmission technologies. Broadband capacity, typically referred to as "speed," is described in download and upload capabilities and is measured by the number of bits of data transferred per second and include kilobits (1 thousand bits per second-kbps), megabits (1 million bits per second-Mbps), and gigabits (1 billion bits per second-Gbps).