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2. Data-rate units - Wikipedia

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   The ISQ symbols for the bit and byte are bit and B, respectively.In the context of data-rate units, one byte consists of 8 bits, and is synonymous with the unit octet.The abbreviation bps is often used to mean bit/s, so that when a 1 Mbps connection is advertised, it usually means that the maximum achievable bandwidth is 1 Mbit/s (one million bits per second), which is 0.125 MB/s (megabyte per ...

3. Low-cost internet for seniors and retirees: How to stay ... - AOL

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   A good upload speed is 10 to 20 Mbps. Latency. This measures the time it takes for packets of information to travel from your computer or device to your internet provider and back again.

4. List of countries by Internet connection speeds - Wikipedia

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   This is a list of countries by Internet connection speed for average and median data transfer rates for Internet access by end-users. The difference between average and median speeds is the way individual measurements are aggregated.

5. Internet access - Wikipedia

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   In the early to mid-1980s, most Internet access was from personal computers and workstations directly connected to local area networks (LANs) or from dial-up connections using modems and analog telephone lines. LANs typically operated at 10 Mbit/s while modem data-rates grew from 1200 bit/s in the early 1980s to 56 kbit/s by the late 1990s.

6. Speedtest.net - Wikipedia

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   Speedtest.net, also known as Speedtest by Ookla, is a web service that provides free analysis of Internet access performance metrics, such as connection data rate and latency. It is the flagship product of Ookla, a web testing and network diagnostics company founded in 2006, and based in Seattle, Washington , United States .

7. Internet in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Cable Internet access at minimum speeds of 100 Mbit/s and up to 1 Gbit/s in most markets [89] Verizon: 8,510,000 [85] DSL access at speeds of 0.5 to 15 Mbit/s, fiber access (FiOS) at speeds of 50 Mbit/s to 2 Gbit/s, and fixed wireless broadband with speeds up to 940 Mbps [90] [91] Cox: 5,560,000 [85] Cable Internet access at speeds of 5 Mbit/s ...