On many occasions, users wonder what internet speed they need for their day to day. Keep in mind that everything will depend on the use we want to give the network, the needs we have and also what devices we are going to connect. To facilitate this, we echo a guide that they have launched with which we can get an idea of what Internet rate we should hire.
Do I need a lot of internet speed?
It is a guide that they have made since the Federal Communications Commission, in United States. The idea is that users are aware of what speed will they need to carry out everyday tasks such as downloading a file, sending an email or making a video call.
They have divided it into different sections, taking into account a use basic, medium or advanced. Logically not everything will need the same. In this way, users can see to what extent the rate they have contracted is sufficient for their day to day, for the use they want to give it, and consider the possibility of contracting something higher.
Basic use
First there is what is considered a basic use. An essential or minimum service is considered to be one that offers a speed of between 3 and 8 Mbps. Undoubtedly today many users could consider this as something less than what they will really need. However, for others it may be more than enough.
We can think of a basic use, where we will not need a high upload or download speed. This will not work for our day to day, to even be able to work if we are not going to need to use services and platforms in the mass market network.
Here we can include the following list, according to the guide that they have made from the Federal Communications Commission:
- General browsing and e-mail: 1 Mbps
- Online radio and VoIP calls: less than 0.5 Mbps
- Streaming video or low quality video call: 3-4 Mbps
- Basic online games: 3-4 Mbps
- Social networks: 1 Mbps
Average speed
The next leg is what is considered medium use or medium speed. Here we can say that they take into account a speed of between 12 and 25 Mbps. Basically it is the general ADSL, with which even today there are many homes where it is present.
We take a small leap in terms of possibilities, but we would not be in a position to make intensive use of certain programs or services that require greater consumption of the Internet on a day-to-day basis. The list in this case would be the following, according to the guide of the Federal Communications Commission:
- For a student: 5-25 Mbps
- Telecommunications: 5-25 Mbps
On this occasion they have not made a too wide description, since they have simply considered that an average connection is sufficient for the normal use of a student (use of the cloud, search for information, download files …), as well as for telecommunications (mainly make video calls in good quality).
More intensive use of the network
The last group would have what is considered as intensive use of the network. In this case we are facing speeds of more than 25 Mbps. It is what today we can achieve with fiber optics, that we could even have hundreds of symmetrical Mbps.
Here they mainly put the use of Top-quality streaming videos. In this case, it would be necessary to have a higher connection. However, we could also add high-quality telecommunications or even the use of the cloud, since we need to upload and download large content.