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Up Speed and Down Speed ExplainedUp Speed and Down Speed

 

What is 'Down-speed'?

Explained simply, download speed is the speed at which your computer can pull data from your network / internet source. This is the speed of any data that you request from the internet/network to your computer and can take many forms, i.e. checking email, loading a web-page, directly downloading media etc...

Below we have provided a table that should act as a guide to the kinds of download speeds that you can be expecting from various types of broadband.

 

 

File Size

Broadband Speeds

2 Mpbs

8 Mpbs

20 Mpbs

50 Mpbs

1 GB
(Very large database)

 

1 hr 15 mins

 

19 mins

 

8 mins

 

3 mins

512 MB
(Large Training Video Download)

 

37 mins

 

9 mins

 

4 mins

 

2 mins

200 MB
(Large Operating System Update)

 

15 mins

 

4 mins

 

2 mins

 

1 min

100 MB
(Training Video – 10 mins)

 

8 mins

 

2 mins

 

1 min

 

30 secs

50 MB
(MP3 Audio CD download)

 

4 mins

 

1 min

 

30 secs

 

10 secs

20 MB
(Video – 1-2 mins)

 

2 mins

 

30 secs

 

10 secs

 

5 secs

10MB
(Short video clip – 30 secs)

 

1 min

 

15 secs

 

8 secs

 

2 secs

5 MB
(Email with large attachment)

 

30 secs

 

10 secs

 

4 secs

 

1 sec