Is my internet connection fast enough to stream video?
"A single person downloading some files and maybe watching YouTube clips might be able to get away with 768 kbps," said Doug Williams, an analyst with JupiterResearch. "But if there are three people in the house on the line at the same time, that would take about 3 mbps for the same experience."
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The table below, compiled by the Califoirnia government shows speeds required for various internet activities
| 500 kbps - 1 Mbps | Voice over IP SMS Basic Email Web Browsing (simple sites) Streaming Music (caching) Low Quality Video (highly compressed) |
| 1 Mbps - 5 Mbps | Web Browsing (complex sites) Email (larger size attachments) Remote Surveillance IPTV-SD (1-3 channels) File Sharing (small/medium) Telecommuting (ordinary) Digital broadcast video (1 channel) Streaming Music |
| 5 Mbps - 10 Mbps | Telecommuting (converged services) File Sharing (large) IPTV-SD (multiple channels) Switched Digital Video Video on Demand SD Broadcast SD Video Video Streaming (2-3 channels) HD Video Downloading Low Definition Telepresence Gaming Medical File Sharing (basic) Remote Diagnosis (basic) Remote Education Building Control & Management |
| 10 Mbps - 100 Mbps | Telemedicine Educational Services Broadcast Video SD and some HD IPTV-HD Gaming (complex) Telecommuting (high quality video) High Quality Telepresence HD Surveillance Smart/Intelligent Building Control |
| 100 Mbps - 1 Gbps | HD Telemedicine Multiple Educational Services Broadcast Video full HD Full IPTV Channel Support Video on Demand HD Gaming (immersion) Remote Server Services for Telecommuting |
| 1 Gbps - 10 Gbps | Research Applications Telepresence using uncompressed high definition video streams Live event digital cinema streaming Telemedicine remote control of scientific/medical instruments Interactive remote visualization and virtual reality Movement of terabyte datasets Remote supercomputing |