What is a high speed Internet connection?

Mbps, or megabits per second, is the speed of your Internet connection. Higher Mbps speeds will load web pages more quickly, allow more devices to run on the same connection simultaneously, and enable fast download speeds for music, photos, streaming movies and more. read more

High speed Internet, also known as “broadband Internet,” is a type of Internet access which allows for a high data rate. It is much faster than the standard dial-up connection (which is normally only capable of 56 kilobits per second), and the user may retain full use of their phone line. read more

Although a connection to a LAN may provide very high data-rates within the LAN, actual Internet access speed is limited by the upstream link to the ISP. LANs may be wired or wireless. read more

As a whole, high-speed Internet is much faster than analog dial-up services. High-speed Internet services operate at speeds between 7.1 and 50 megabytes per second. Some high-speed services operate at up to 100 megabytes per second. read more