The word ‘broadband‘ often confuses people. Most are aware that it means some sort of internet service, but they don’t understand what that service is on the average. Many broadband internet providers tout their speeds for downloading but fail to live up to the expectations of the people who use the service. The truth is that many people are completely unaware of just how slow their broadband internet is compared to what it could be.
In Japan for instance, Jcom rolled out its 160 Mbps (mega-bytes per second) download speed internet service in the beginning of 2009. Many people in America are giddy in anticipation of 50 Mbps FIOS (fiber-optic system) networks from companies like Verizon. Most people outside of the cities in rural America are still suck with a realistic 3-5 Kbps (kilo-byte per second) dial-up download speeds. This is the fact of their internet usage existence unless they acquire satellite internet. This is a costly affair as even a one Mbps download speed with such might cost two to three times that of a broadband plan from a dedicated cable company.
The fastest known American broadband internet service provider is Cablevision, which operates in Suburban New York. This company offers broadband plans that allow for 15Mbps uploading but 101 Mbps downloads. In short, it won’t let you post new material to the web as fast as Verizons FIOS network but its twice as fast when it downloads information to the customer’s computer.
The fastest broadband providers aren’t determined by what the company representatives claim, however. A lot of people discover that their download and upload speeds rarely ever reach the peak of what their chosen service provider claims.
This is because many other individuals are using the same network and actual web-surfing is different that simply downloading a single file.