How to read words like "Mb/s"

Suppose the following text is found in a paper, and I need to read out the paper to others.
rate R = 1/2, 3/4, and 7/8
640, 960, and 1120 Mbps
100 Mb/s peak rate

Regarding the above three cases, my questions are
1. How to read the “=” and the ½, ¾ and 7/8?
2. can I simply say "Mbps" or Do I need to say "mega bits per second"
3. How to say the "Mb/s" ? (which is the abbreviation of mega bits per second)

for Mb/s you must *say* "Megabits per second" as opposed to MB/s which would be "Megabytes per second".

Do not *say* "Mbps" as it is not clear whether you mean bits or bytes, unless of course you are deliberately trying to be deceptive.




for "=" you can say "is'

1/2 is "one half"
3/4 is "three fourths"
7/8 is "seven eights"