In the third millennium, the Internet quietly became an indispensable phenomenon in every home and came close to its competitor, television, in popularity. Today, even older people make a choice in favor of the global network, because, unlike television, there is freedom of choice and endless possibilities. It often happens that the user is not satisfied with his Internet speed and asks a logical question - "What Internet speed is considered normal?". It will not be possible to answer it unequivocally, no matter how much you would like to. First of all, you need to determine several purposes for which you need the global Internet. And then, based on the goals, determine the speed.

We will not delve into discrete mathematics in order to study in detail what a measure of Internet speed is. It will be enough to say, so as not to mislead some, that Mbits and Mbytes are different units of information. And since users are more familiar with the usual megabytes, we give the following analogies:

1. An Internet speed of 512 Mbps equals the speed of downloading any file of 64 kilobytes in 1 second.
2. 6 megabits of the declared speed by the provider will equal about 750 kilobytes per second.
3. Internet with 16 Mbps will download 2 megabytes per second of information from the network.

What Internet speed is considered good for mobile devices

For mobile devices such as a tablet or phone, a speed of 1 Mbps will be enough. Although this may not be enough if the user is going to perform several online tasks at once, i.e. watching movies, downloading files, etc. Usually, mobile content is several times smaller, which is why it also requires fewer resources than web versions of sites and applications. One Mbit is quite enough for other tasks, for example, for talking in Skype and other instant messengers. We can firmly say that this speed is quite normal for mobile devices.

What should be the speed of the Internet for online games and watching movies

Games and movies online are the most Internet-consuming tasks for a computer. Not always the speed you paid for is normal for watching a movie online in HD quality. And there are no fraudulent actions on the part of the provider. The thing is that there is not a single Internet provider that could provide a round-the-clock stable speed of transmitted information. This is facilitated by various factors - from the elementary load of the network, to the capabilities of your computer and location on the network.

More often than not, it is gamers who ask this question, because for an effective and interesting game, they just need to use a stable Internet speed. Known figures for the speed of data transfer over the network, which are necessary for the most popular online games.

• For those who love the fantasy world of World of Warcraft, 512 Mbps will be enough.
• World of Tanks and Dota games are at the same level of Internet consumption - up to 1 Mbps.
• For Counter Strike, half a Mbit is also enough.

It is also worth considering the type of data transfer. If you have a 16 Mbps package connected via satellite signal, then it is likely that a 10 Mbps Internet connection that is connected via cable will be better and faster. This is due to the fact that the wireless connection is characterized by a large loss of data packets during transmission.

Internet Service Tariffs

In order to watch movies in different quality today, you need to know the approximate required Internet speed.

• To watch videos with a 360p broadcast type, you need an Internet connection with a speed of about 1 Mbps ().
• To watch the broadcast with 720p, 5 Mbps will be enough.
• To view online video in Ultra HD 4K quality, you need more than 30 Mbps.

For what purposes do you need an Internet speed of more than 30 Mbps

At the moment, there are faster connections, but they are correspondingly expensive. Not every ISP is capable of providing speeds over 30 Mbps. First of all, this speed will be needed for those who have expensive and powerful devices, high-resolution TVs, computers with high performance that allow you to play demanding content. Users who often upload various videos, programs, games of large volumes to the network also need high speed. Therefore, the concept of normal Internet speed depends primarily on your tasks.

For everyone who uses the Internet for informational purposes only - visiting social networks, online magazines, reading books online, a speed of 1 Mbit of high-quality connection (with minimal packet loss or low ping) will be enough.

For those who are more demanding on the global network, say, the middle segment (and the majority of such users) is infrequent downloading of files, watching Youtube videos and online movies, using online games, etc. A speed of 10 Mbps will be sufficient.

How to measure internet speed

In order to measure the speed of the Internet and determine whether it is low or normal for you, there are special online services and programs (). The easiest way is to use online services, because for this there is no need to download unnecessary files to your computer and take up hard drive space. For the test to be as accurate as possible, you need to adhere to some conditions:

1. Connect the cable directly through the network interface (network card) to the computer on which you will check the speed.
2. On the computer being checked, you need to close all programs that are currently running. You also need to turn off all kinds of utilities that can run in the background, usually they are anti-virus firewalls and torrent clients that run with the computer.
3. Open "Task Manager" and finally make sure that no downloads are in progress.

One of the popular services for checking the speed of packet transmission over a network is the service http://speedtest.net/ru/.

1. To test your Internet, follow the link and click on the big button in the middle "Begin Test".
2. After that, the verification system will connect to the nearest server located to your place of residence and carry out all the necessary procedures to determine the speed.
3. At the end of the test, you will see on the monitor all the information on your connection, namely: the number of lost packets (ping), incoming and outgoing connection speed and your current IP address.

Service Speed ​​Test

Another similar service, which is available at https://2ip.ua/. Here you can also test the speed by clicking on the "Test" button on the main page. It is noteworthy that sometimes the test results between these two services differ and the difference in places is large. But it cannot be said unequivocally that the services powder the brains of users, because the conditions and methods of verification may vary. Not to mention other factors influencing the result - the location of the service servers, the network load at the moment, etc.

Service 2ip

It is impossible to give an exact figure for Internet speed in Mbps, which would be suitable for each user and would be considered normal. You need to choose a package with a certain speed based on your needs.

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