2007-08-07 14:21:55 · 5 answers · asked by mrneighbordude 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
The average DSL speed in the states is 1.5Mb/s. The average cable speed in the states is 2.5Mb/s. Anything above those would be considered fast.
2007-08-07 15:19:13 · answer #1 · answered by Taba 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I once heard that for your average web surfer/emailer, 128Kbps is considered high-speed access from the end-users point of view. This probably is true for your single-browser no-tabs surfer that is hitting one page at a time.
Where faster speeds come in to play is when more people are using the same pipe to surf, on-line gaming, VoIP, IPsec and downloading.
Mbps is actually how much data at one time you can put in the pipe and not necessarily how fast data leaves your computer (web page request) and come back (web page with graphics).
2007-08-07 21:57:31 · answer #2 · answered by nonlinear 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fast is a relative term. 1.5 mbps is fast compared to dial-up. But slow compared to average cable broadband users. Cables average is around 5mbps. So my idea of fast is around 8-10mbps downstream. While upstream connections are usually a lot slower I would say a fast upstream connection is 1.0 mbps.
2007-08-07 22:54:05 · answer #3 · answered by atuor 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a fast connection would be around 5 mbps,thats what i get and it is fast,a page will load in about half a second
2007-08-07 21:33:01 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anything as fast as 256K or higher is considered Broad Band.
1Mb/s these days is average.
8Mb/s would be in the fast category.
2007-08-07 21:26:02 · answer #5 · answered by Jag 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋