Which is faster? kbps or Mbps?

I got this email today. Thought I'd share it for my loads of avid readers (even though, anyone reading this, probably knows the answer already).

"I have a dumb question..........which is faster kbps or mbps?..."

Kbps stands for "kilobits per second," while Mbps stands for "megabits per second" [note the proper capitalization]. These units of measurement address throughput or "bandwidth", which measures how much data can be sent from Point A to Point B in one second. (aka "internet or network speed"). Because one megabit is equal to 1024 kilobits, 1.0 Mbps is over 1000 times faster than 1.0 Kbps.

(Not to be confused with "kilobtyes and megabytes", which measures the actual size of data, which I won't get into.)

Yes, sometimes I give a little too much information. :)