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ISPs' long nightmare of having to list all the fees they charge is finally over (arstechnica.com)

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[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Giga is the Spanish word, so they might just use it because it's more bilingual friendly

[–] Goodeye8@piefed.social 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I doubt it has anything to do with Spanish. The G in Gbps stands for giga because that's the SI prefix for 10 to the power of 9 or 1000 bigger than mega. Calling it a gig is just a lazy wording.

[–] Baguette@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 hours ago

I call it gig, it's a pretty common abbreviation IMO, like 32 gigs of ram.