For any business, internet connectivity is essential. With superfast broadband, businesses can communicate with customers and colleagues using video conference platforms and run e-commerce operations. But the more employees a business has, the faster its connection needs to be.
For any social, community, and charitable organisation, internet connectivity can be essential. With superfast broadband, organisations can:
- Communicate with customers clients or visitors.
- Upload and download files.
- Share bandwidth with multiple users.
- Stream high-quality video
The broadband speed you will need will be solely based on how you plan to use the internet. For casual online browsing and sending emails, standard broadband should be sufficient. However, if you are planning activities that would require more bandwidth, then a superfast, ultrafast, or even gigabit service might be for you.
Below are examples of service by speed you can typically expect when carrying out common online activities to help you choose which speed might be right for you.
| Decent | Superfast | Ultrafast | Gigabit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Activity | 10mbps | 30 – 300mbps | 300 -900mbps | Up to 1000mbps |
| Checking emails | ||||
| Editing a website | ||||
| One-person video calling | ||||
| Backing up to the cloud or uploading big files | ||||
| Support more than 5 online employees | ||||
| Support more than 10 online employees |
Below is a chart representing download times based on varied speeds.
| Broadband speed | One album (10 mp3s at 5MB) | 200 photos (1MB per file) | One TV show (406MB via On Demand) | One movie (858MB via On Demand) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5Mbps (standard) | 1 min 20 secs | 5 min 20 secs | 10 min 50 secs | 23 min 9 secs |
| 16Mbps (standard) | 25 secs | 1 min 40 secs | 3 min 23 secs | 7 min 14 secs |
| 38Mbps (superfast) | 11 secs | 42 secs | 1 min 25 secs | 3 min 3 secs |
| 76Mbps (superfast) | 5 secs | 21 secs | 43 secs | 1 min 31 secs |
| 150Mbps (ultrafast) | 3 secs | 11 secs | 22 secs | 46 secs |
| 500 Mbps (ultrafast) | 1 sec | 3 secs | 6 secs | 14 secs |
| 1000Mbps (gigabit) | 0.4 sec | 2 secs | 3 secs | 9 secs |
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