01/17/2021
When people ask “what’s the speed”
speed is only relevant if your downloading. Hench why it’s called MBPS download speed.
95% of the population do not download huge files anymore. Or movies. They stream
Netflix needs 1.5mbps
YouTube needs 1mbps
Zoom needs 1mbps
Live tv 4mbps
9/10 houses don’t need more then 15mbps
So our 100mbps is more then enough
Even gaming you only need
2 down
1 up
And ping less then 150
Check this website
“I’m a gamer “
https://www.highspeedinternet.com/resources/how-much-speed-do-i-need-for-online-gaming/
I used to work door to door for the local telecom company for a year before starting my own company.
I used 7mbps for a year and half fine while my wife on FaceTime and me watching Netflix and my neighbor used my wifi because he can’t afford internet and has phone tablet and computer he uses for Netflix and it worked fine because we don’t download anything
And just as an example let’s say you wanted to download a movie to burn which is usually 1.2 gig
-at 50mbps takes 3:32
-At 100mbps is 1:43
-At your 300mbps it takes 34 seconds.
So the difference between 50-300mbps is 3 minutes or if your talking dollars the biggest telecom company in Canada charges $109.95 plus tax is $126 in NS for 100mbps
Which is $51 mote then our plan same speed
Download time
http://www.download-time.com/
So people have been tricked by big telecom marketing “faster better”
And when you go to cancel your cable and stick with internet they say “well if you want the same speed it’s going to be this much, so why don’t we just give you a $30 discount. Then your still paying $180
They forget to mention they have a lower speed 100mbps
Is streaming downloading? No
Downloading is when you take a file, whether that be a video, music, or some other data, and you copy it from a device or the Internet to your computer or phone. Downloading a file makes a copy of that file on whatever device you are using. On the other hand, streaming is when your device receives data
So unless your downloading huge files then speed MBPS download speed is not relevant
People says “I have gig download”. Great, There’s probably a handful of websites it will actually let you download Kik speed but most people don’t download anyway
Calculate the time it will take to download a file depending on bandwidth / download speed. Possible to calculate the download time with user's own download speed.