diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 0a41a183..540de23e 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ byobu (4.42) unreleased; urgency=low
     - add unicode characters for KB/MB/GB/GHz
   * usr/lib/byobu/wifi_quality:
     - drop comma, save a char
+  * usr/lib/byobu/.constants, usr/lib/byobu/network:
+    - save a few more chars, drop the "ps" per second
 
  -- Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>  Fri, 14 Oct 2011 14:53:51 -0500
 
diff --git a/usr/lib/byobu/.constants b/usr/lib/byobu/.constants
index 5d308c48..8441b197 100755
--- a/usr/lib/byobu/.constants
+++ b/usr/lib/byobu/.constants
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ if [ "$UTF8" = "1" ] || [ "$BYOBU_BACKEND" = "tmux" ]; then
 	ICON_MHz="㎒"
 	ICON_GHz="㎓"
 	#ICON_MBPS="㏔㎰"
-	ICON_MBPS="Mbps"
+	ICON_MBPS="Mb"
 else
 	ICON_C="C"
 	ICON_F="F"
diff --git a/usr/lib/byobu/network b/usr/lib/byobu/network
index 0cdf0ead..c324bd8f 100755
--- a/usr/lib/byobu/network
+++ b/usr/lib/byobu/network
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ __network() {
 	[ -n "$NETWORK_THRESHOLD" ] || NETWORK_THRESHOLD=20
 	OIFS=$IFS
 	for i in up down; do
-		unit="kbps"
+		unit="kb"
 		case $i in
 			up) symbol="$ICON_UP" ;;
 			down) symbol="$ICON_DN" ;;
@@ -74,11 +74,11 @@ __network() {
 					if [ "$rate" -gt 1000000 ]; then
 						fpdiv "$rate" 1000000 1
 						rate=${_RET}
-						unit="Gbps"
+						unit="Gb"
 					elif [ "$rate" -gt 1000 ]; then
 						fpdiv "$rate" 1000 1
 						rate=${_RET}
-						unit="Mbps"
+						unit="Mb"
 					fi
 				;;
 			esac