How to Use gigabit in a Sentence

gigabit

noun
  • Satellite providers are not allowed to bid in the gigabit tier.
    — Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 2 Sep. 2020
  • There are 300 gigabits of files.
    — Leila Fadel, NPR, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The speeds range from basic to gigabit service.
    — Kara McGinley, USA Today, 8 Aug. 2025
  • This is a 3-pack and offers three gigabit Ethernet ports on the main router and two on the nodes.
    — WIRED, 22 June 2023
  • These high-band airwaves will provide download speeds of 1 gigabit per second or more.
    — Aaron Pressman, Fortune, 11 Mar. 2021
  • The service offers broadband speeds of up to one gigabit per second, and is priced at $50 a month.
    — Hiawatha Bray, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Aug. 2022
  • Even in the age of next-day delivery, self-checkout, and gigabit internet, some things can't be rushed.
    — Car and Driver, 11 July 2022
  • Each Vilo unit is a router with three gigabit Ethernet ports.
    — Simon Hill, Wired, 27 Oct. 2021
  • Still, smartphone data addicts shouldn't hold their breath for speeds of 10 gigabits per second.
    — Wired Staff, Wired, 17 Dec. 2019
  • Google dropped plans to serve Portland in 2016 but the gigabit tax break remained on the books.
    — Mike Rogoway, OregonLive.com, 2 Mar. 2018
  • In 2025, the race for speed has gone beyond gigabit internet.
    — Roxanne Downer, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Wi-Fi 6 is capable of transmitting data at speeds of more than a gigabit.
    — Dallas News, 10 Feb. 2022
  • Allo leases and operates the system, which can provide speeds of up to 1 gigabit.
    — Judith Kohler, The Denver Post, 30 Dec. 2019
  • For now, Qualcomm has a lead in modem technology and was the first vendor to offer gigabit modems.
    — Agam Shah, PCWorld, 28 Apr. 2017
  • Multi-gigabit speeds up to 8,000 Mbps are possible with some fiber providers.
    — Roxanne Downer, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2025
  • More than a third of Sonic’s customers are on its gigabit fiber service, and the company is moving fast to deploy more fiber.
    — Sophia Kunthara, SFChronicle.com, 26 July 2019
  • Modern connections are measured up to gigabits per second.
    — James Powel, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2025
  • Plans to add gigabit internet speeds to the city have been in the works since 2015 when the company approached the city.
    — Michelle Iracheta, Houston Chronicle, 9 Jan. 2018
  • In tests of the system, the uplink could send 4 gigabits per second while adding just 176 femtojoules per bit of heat.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Today, speeds as high as 1 gigabit per second are commonplace in much of the United States.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 31 Dec. 2019
  • Availability often matters more than top-tier gigabit plans.
    — Roxanne Downer, USA Today, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Each access point also has a 1 GHz quad-core processor and 2 gigabit ports.
    — Anthony Karcz, Forbes, 27 Apr. 2022
  • GFiber is often considered the best provider due to its fast, symmetrical gigabit and multi-gig speeds.
    — Roxanne Downer, USA Today, 12 Dec. 2025
  • GFiber offers symmetrical gigabit and multi-gig plans with no data caps.
    — Roxanne Downer, USA Today, 12 Dec. 2025
  • However, Taara’s systems beam gigabits across kilometers over open air.
    — Margo Anderson, IEEE Spectrum, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Speeds can reach gigabit levels, and customers can optimize pricing by bundling TV or mobile.
    — Roxanne Downer, USA Today, 12 Dec. 2025
  • Wi-Fi 5 can reach speeds of up to one gigabit, and Wi-Fi 6 has been designed to reach speeds over two gigabits.
    — Rick Welday, Forbes, 18 June 2021
  • Today, even personal homes can have from 1 to even 10 gigabit internet.
    — Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2026
  • The Pro, on the other hand, has USB3 speeds of up to 20 gigabits per second.
    — Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 23 Sep. 2024
  • The Verge’s Chris Welch tested it out and saw gigabit download speeds, which is a boon for downloading a bunch of videos very quickly.
    — Cameron Faulkner, The Verge, 12 June 2019

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