diff --git a/doc/nethogs.8 b/doc/nethogs.8
index 7a3e9a2..a333ae7 100644
--- a/doc/nethogs.8
+++ b/doc/nethogs.8
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ nethogs \- Net top tool grouping bandwidth per process
 .ft B
 .B nethogs
 .RB [ "\-h" ]
-.RB [ "\-V" ] 
+.RB [ "\-V" ]
 .RB [ "\-d" ]
 .RB [ "\-v" ]
 .RB [ "\-t" ]
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ nethogs \- Net top tool grouping bandwidth per process
 .RB [ "\-l" ]
 .RI [device(s)]
 .SH DESCRIPTION
-NetHogs is a small 'net top' tool. Instead of breaking the traffic down per protocol or per subnet, like most such tools do, it groups bandwidth by process - and does not rely on a special kernel module to be loaded. So if there's suddenly a lot of network traffic, you can fire up NetHogs and immediately see which PID is causing this, and if it's some kind of spinning process, kill it. 
+NetHogs is a small 'net top' tool. Instead of breaking the traffic down per protocol or per subnet, like most such tools do, it groups bandwidth by process - and does not rely on a special kernel module to be loaded. So if there's suddenly a lot of network traffic, you can fire up NetHogs and immediately see which PID is causing this, and if it's some kind of spinning process, kill it.
 
 .SS Options
 .TP
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ to monitor. By default eth0 is being used
 .SH "INTERACTIVE CONTROL"
 .TP
 m
-cycle between display modes (KB/s, KB, B, MB)
+cycle between display modes (KB/s, KB, B, MB, MB/s, GB/s)
 .TP
 l
 display command line
diff --git a/src/cui.cpp b/src/cui.cpp
index 12c3c7d..efb71a1 100644
--- a/src/cui.cpp
+++ b/src/cui.cpp
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ const char *COLUMN_FORMAT_PID = "%7d";
 const char *COLUMN_FORMAT_SENT = "%11.3f";
 const char *COLUMN_FORMAT_RECEIVED = "%11.3f";
 
+// All descriptions are padded to 6 characters in length with spaces
+const char* const desc_view_mode[VIEWMODE_COUNT] = {"KB/sec", "KB    ", "B     ", "MB    ", "MB/sec", "GB/sec"};
+
 class Line {
 public:
   Line(const char *name, const char *cmdline, double n_recv_value,
@@ -207,15 +210,7 @@ void Line::show(int row, unsigned int proglen, unsigned int devlen) {
   mvprintw(row, column_offset_sent, COLUMN_FORMAT_SENT, sent_value);
 
   mvprintw(row, column_offset_received, COLUMN_FORMAT_RECEIVED, recv_value);
-  if (viewMode == VIEWMODE_KBPS) {
-    mvaddstr(row, column_offset_unit, "KB/sec");
-  } else if (viewMode == VIEWMODE_TOTAL_MB) {
-    mvaddstr(row, column_offset_unit, "MB    ");
-  } else if (viewMode == VIEWMODE_TOTAL_KB) {
-    mvaddstr(row, column_offset_unit, "KB    ");
-  } else if (viewMode == VIEWMODE_TOTAL_B) {
-    mvaddstr(row, column_offset_unit, "B     ");
-  }
+  mvaddstr(row, column_offset_unit, desc_view_mode[viewMode]);
 }
 
 void Line::log() {
@@ -239,7 +234,7 @@ int get_devlen(Line *lines[], int nproc, int rows)
 
  if(devlen > MAX_COLUMN_WIDTH_DEV)
 	devlen = MAX_COLUMN_WIDTH_DEV;
-  
+
  return devlen;
 }
 
@@ -355,8 +350,8 @@ void show_ncurses(Line *lines[], int nproc) {
     cols = PROGNAME_WIDTH;
 
 
- //issue #110 - maximum devicename length min=5, max=15 
- int devlen = get_devlen(lines, nproc, rows);  
+ //issue #110 - maximum devicename length min=5, max=15
+ int devlen = get_devlen(lines, nproc, rows);
 
   proglen = cols - 50 - devlen;
 
@@ -381,15 +376,7 @@ void show_ncurses(Line *lines[], int nproc) {
   int totalrow = std::min(rows - 1, 3 + 1 + i);
   mvprintw(totalrow, 0, "  TOTAL        %-*.*s %-*.*s    %11.3f %11.3f ",
            proglen, proglen, "", devlen,devlen, "", sent_global, recv_global);
-  if (viewMode == VIEWMODE_KBPS) {
-    mvprintw(3 + 1 + i, cols - COLUMN_WIDTH_UNIT, "KB/sec ");
-  } else if (viewMode == VIEWMODE_TOTAL_B) {
-    mvprintw(3 + 1 + i, cols - COLUMN_WIDTH_UNIT, "B      ");
-  } else if (viewMode == VIEWMODE_TOTAL_KB) {
-    mvprintw(3 + 1 + i, cols - COLUMN_WIDTH_UNIT, "KB     ");
-  } else if (viewMode == VIEWMODE_TOTAL_MB) {
-    mvprintw(3 + 1 + i, cols - COLUMN_WIDTH_UNIT, "MB     ");
-  }
+  mvprintw(3 + 1 + i, cols - COLUMN_WIDTH_UNIT, desc_view_mode[viewMode]);
   attroff(A_REVERSE);
   mvprintw(totalrow + 1, 0, "");
   refresh();
@@ -400,7 +387,7 @@ void do_refresh() {
   refreshconninode();
   refreshcount++;
 
-  if (viewMode == VIEWMODE_KBPS) {
+  if (viewMode == VIEWMODE_KBPS  || viewMode == VIEWMODE_MBPS || viewMode == VIEWMODE_GBPS) {
     remove_timed_out_processes();
   }
 
@@ -425,6 +412,10 @@ void do_refresh() {
 
     if (viewMode == VIEWMODE_KBPS) {
       curproc->getVal()->getkbps(&value_recv, &value_sent);
+    } else if (viewMode == VIEWMODE_MBPS) {
+      curproc->getVal()->getmbps(&value_recv, &value_sent);
+    } else if (viewMode == VIEWMODE_GBPS) {
+      curproc->getVal()->getgbps(&value_recv, &value_sent);
     } else if (viewMode == VIEWMODE_TOTAL_KB) {
       curproc->getVal()->gettotalkb(&value_recv, &value_sent);
     } else if (viewMode == VIEWMODE_TOTAL_MB) {
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index f90ae2e..18c2b3f 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ static void help(bool iserror) {
   output << "		-d : delay for update refresh rate in seconds. default "
             "is 1.\n";
   output << "		-v : view mode (0 = KB/s, 1 = total KB, 2 = total B, 3 "
-            "= total MB). default is 0.\n";
+            "= total MB, 4 = MB/s, 5 = GB/s). default is 0.\n";
   output << "		-c : number of updates. default is 0 (unlimited).\n";
   output << "		-t : tracemode.\n";
   // output << "		-f : format of packets on interface, default is
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ static void help(bool iserror) {
   output << "		-s : sort output by sent column.\n";
   output << "		-l : display command line.\n";
   output << "		-a : monitor all devices, even loopback/stopped ones.\n";
-  output << "		-C : capture TCP and UDP.\n";  
+  output << "		-C : capture TCP and UDP.\n";
   output << "		-f : EXPERIMENTAL: specify string pcap filter (like tcpdump)."
             " This may be removed or changed in a future version.\n";
   output << "		device : device(s) to monitor. default is all "
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ static void help(bool iserror) {
   output << " s: sort by SENT traffic\n";
   output << " r: sort by RECEIVE traffic\n";
   output << " l: display command line\n";
-  output << " m: switch between total (KB, B, MB) and KB/s mode\n";
+  output << " m: switch between total (KB, B, MB) and throughput (KB/s, MB/s, GB/s) mode\n";
 }
 
 void quit_cb(int /* i */) {
diff --git a/src/nethogs.h b/src/nethogs.h
index 7457926..da1830e 100644
--- a/src/nethogs.h
+++ b/src/nethogs.h
@@ -63,11 +63,15 @@
 #define PROGNAME_WIDTH 512
 
 // viewMode: how to represent numbers
-#define VIEWMODE_KBPS 0
-#define VIEWMODE_TOTAL_KB 1
-#define VIEWMODE_TOTAL_B 2
-#define VIEWMODE_TOTAL_MB 3
-#define VIEWMODE_COUNT 4
+enum {
+  VIEWMODE_KBPS,
+  VIEWMODE_TOTAL_KB,
+  VIEWMODE_TOTAL_B,
+  VIEWMODE_TOTAL_MB,
+  VIEWMODE_MBPS,
+  VIEWMODE_GBPS,
+  VIEWMODE_COUNT
+};
 
 #define NORETURN __attribute__((__noreturn__))
 
diff --git a/src/process.cpp b/src/process.cpp
index 155f31a..f39509e 100644
--- a/src/process.cpp
+++ b/src/process.cpp
@@ -65,17 +65,23 @@ Process *unknownudp;
 Process *unknownip;
 ProcList *processes;
 
-float tomb(u_int64_t bytes) { return ((double)bytes) / 1024 / 1024; }
-float tokb(u_int64_t bytes) { return ((double)bytes) / 1024; }
+#define KB (1UL << 10)
+#define MB (1UL << 20)
+#define GB (1UL << 30)
 
-float tokbps(u_int64_t bytes) { return (((double)bytes) / PERIOD) / 1024; }
+float tomb(u_int64_t bytes) { return ((double)bytes) / MB; }
+float tokb(u_int64_t bytes) { return ((double)bytes) / KB; }
+
+float tokbps(u_int64_t bytes) { return (((double)bytes) / PERIOD) / KB; }
+float tombps(u_int64_t bytes) { return (((double)bytes) / PERIOD) / MB; }
+float togbps(u_int64_t bytes) { return (((double)bytes) / PERIOD) / GB; }
 
 void process_init() {
   unknowntcp = new Process(0, "", "unknown TCP");
   processes = new ProcList(unknowntcp, NULL);
 
   if(catchall)
-  { 
+  {
     unknownudp = new Process (0, "", "unknown UDP");
     processes = new ProcList (unknownudp, processes);
     // unknownip = new Process (0, "", "unknown IP");
@@ -96,25 +102,23 @@ int Process::getLastPacket() {
   return lastpacket;
 }
 
-/** Get the kb/s values for this process */
-void Process::getkbps(float *recvd, float *sent) {
-  u_int64_t sum_sent = 0, sum_recv = 0;
-
-  /* walk though all this process's connections, and sum
+/** get total values for this process for only active connections */
+static void sum_active_connections(Process* process_ptr, u_int64_t& sum_sent, u_int64_t& sum_recv) {
+  /* walk though all process_ptr process's connections, and sum
    * them up */
-  ConnList *curconn = this->connections;
+  ConnList *curconn = process_ptr->connections;
   ConnList *previous = NULL;
   while (curconn != NULL) {
     if (curconn->getVal()->getLastPacket() <= curtime.tv_sec - CONNTIMEOUT) {
       /* capture sent and received totals before deleting */
-      this->sent_by_closed_bytes += curconn->getVal()->sumSent;
-      this->rcvd_by_closed_bytes += curconn->getVal()->sumRecv;
+      process_ptr->sent_by_closed_bytes += curconn->getVal()->sumSent;
+      process_ptr->rcvd_by_closed_bytes += curconn->getVal()->sumRecv;
       /* stalled connection, remove. */
       ConnList *todelete = curconn;
       Connection *conn_todelete = curconn->getVal();
       curconn = curconn->getNext();
-      if (todelete == this->connections)
-        this->connections = curconn;
+      if (todelete == process_ptr->connections)
+        process_ptr->connections = curconn;
       if (previous != NULL)
         previous->setNext(curconn);
       delete (todelete);
@@ -128,10 +132,35 @@ void Process::getkbps(float *recvd, float *sent) {
       curconn = curconn->getNext();
     }
   }
+}
+
+/** Get the kb/s values for this process */
+void Process::getkbps(float *recvd, float *sent) {
+  u_int64_t sum_sent = 0, sum_recv = 0;
+
+  sum_active_connections(this, sum_sent, sum_recv);
   *recvd = tokbps(sum_recv);
   *sent = tokbps(sum_sent);
 }
 
+/** Get the mb/s values for this process */
+void Process::getmbps(float *recvd, float *sent) {
+  u_int64_t sum_sent = 0, sum_recv = 0;
+
+  sum_active_connections(this, sum_sent, sum_recv);
+  *recvd = tombps(sum_recv);
+  *sent = tombps(sum_sent);
+}
+
+/** Get the gb/s values for this process */
+void Process::getgbps(float *recvd, float *sent) {
+  u_int64_t sum_sent = 0, sum_recv = 0;
+
+  sum_active_connections(this, sum_sent, sum_recv);
+  *recvd = togbps(sum_recv);
+  *sent = togbps(sum_sent);
+}
+
 /** get total values for this process */
 void Process::gettotal(u_int64_t *recvd, u_int64_t *sent) {
   u_int64_t sum_sent = 0, sum_recv = 0;
diff --git a/src/process.h b/src/process.h
index 4e69711..3e293a4 100644
--- a/src/process.h
+++ b/src/process.h
@@ -93,6 +93,8 @@ public:
 
   void gettotal(u_int64_t *recvd, u_int64_t *sent);
   void getkbps(float *recvd, float *sent);
+  void getmbps(float *recvd, float *sent);
+  void getgbps(float *recvd, float *sent);
   void gettotalmb(float *recvd, float *sent);
   void gettotalkb(float *recvd, float *sent);
   void gettotalb(float *recvd, float *sent);