Because gigabytes (GB) are units of storage capacity, and gigabits (Gb) are units of data transfer rate.
It’s implied it’s gigabits per second, as no one ever really measures it in like… Gigabits per hour, or year.
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We pay 4.58€ for 1gbit/1gbit fiber in our condo association in Sweden…
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I’ve seen some metal communities (mostly death- and black metal), but generally it’s mostly just people posting links to songs, so not much discussion going on.
Technically correct, but that’s not how it’s actually used. Gigabit is not used in any meaningful context outside of as a measure of data transfer rates.