What Internet Speeds Do You Need?
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- Опубліковано 13 чер 2024
- What internet speeds do you actually need in your home so you don’t overpay? I have a simple worksheet that will help you find your perfect speed, and a few numbers to share that will make sure you're NOT over paying and actually SAVING money! bit.ly/FindInternetPlans
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0:41 | What is The Average Internet Speed?
0:50 | What Speed do I Need to Scroll Social Media?
1:00 | What Speeds do I Need for Streaming?
1:30 | Internet Speed Guide
3:40 | Best Home Internet Plans
Statista reports that the average household internet speed is around 20 Mbps… that would be good enough for a single person household that doesn’t game or stream videos in 4k.
If you’re just using the internet for the basics like browsing, checking email and social media you’ll be fine with a plan that gives you 10Mbps speeds. However, if you’ve cut the cable TV cord and prefer to stream from apps like Netflix, Hulu, HBO and more, you’ll need a plan with a bit more kick closer to 30 Mbps. Keep in mind, this is just for one person. If there are multiple people in a household you’ll need a plan that offers more bandwidth and faster speeds. However the faster the internet, the more expensive your plan will be, so keep that in mind as you’re looking for a plan.
If you want a specific internet speed number that would be best for you, here’s a guide to help you out. Here’s a warning though, it requires, MATH.
bit.ly/InternetUseageGuide
Basic Web Use 1Mbps
Social Media 1Mbps
Streaming Music .5Mbps
Streaming 480p Video 4Mbps
Streaming HD Video 8Mbps
Streaming 4K Video 25Mbps
Online Gaming 3Mbps
Online Gaming (MOBA) 6Mbps
This guide will show you what speeds you need for most internet-based tasks. Then all you’ll need to do is add up how many people do each task daily and calculate the total then BOOM. You’ll have a perfectly customized internet speed total for your home. Now, not every person will be doing every task all at the same time every day but this will give you a good estimate of how much internet you need.
Let’s go over what my math looks like:
- I have a two person household and we each browse the internet daily. That takes 1 Mbps for one person, so i’ll double that for 2Mpbs.
- We each stream in HD daily, so that’s 10 Mbps.
- We each stream audio, for 1 Mbps
- I sometimes watch IG live or UA-cam live so that’s an additional 6 Mbps
and we each video call daily so that’s 12 Mbps.
- Then I have two Alexa’s with a handful of bluetooth connected devices… I'm going to give myself an extra 1 Mbps for those devices and our total is now 32 Mbps.
- This means my roommate and I would need at least 32 Mbps internet speeds to function properly.
Now if you’re bougie and like to stream in 4K, that would add an extra 25Mbps to your total or 50Mbps for 2 people, and if you game, that would add another 6 Mbps for one person or 12Mbps for 2. And for kicks and giggles if add that to my total it would be closer to 80 or 90 Mbps.
Now, what I actually have is an internet plan that allows me 150Mbps for a 1-year intro price of $50/month from Cox. That’s great for my roommate and I, and It might even be a little overkill. but I’d rather pay a little extra for the convenience of fast internet than pay less and be frustrated with constant buffering during the final rose ceremony on the bachelor.
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there are 2 people in my home. 2 iphones and 2 laptops. 1 roku tv with netflix, hulu, disney etc, usually only streams 5pm - 11pm. 1 ipad streaming hulu 7am - 5pm. I work from home on a remote connection 7am - 4pm. simpli safe is always connected. possibly a couple other wifi/bluetooth devices around the house that I can't think of. we do not game any more than candy crush on 1 of the iphones. we do not use video calling. we stream HD, not 4K. we have a 30 mbps plan and it has never buffered or seemed slow. 30 mbps works flawlessly for this connected, 2 person home.
I have 25mbps and I stream netflix,youtube, hulu, amazon video.. every day I also have smart home devices in every room.
Do you use your phone or laptop?
@@marritzab I have a firestick and I have Chromecast
Any gaming going on? I just ordered the Comcast internet essentials which is 25mbps and I'm worried it won't be enough for gaming ps4.
@@TheMisznana i have lag playing simple online games.
@@superbad4635 we got lucky he connected his ps4 directly to the router and no lag what so ever just yet ...going on week 2
40 Mbps is the one for me
Thanks so much Sherri you are a life saver, you've given me a place to start figuring out a plan for my usage
I have a 20 mbps plan and I use Netflix at 4k quality. I play Xbox without issues. I stream live while gaming. Family is on their devices and no issues. SoooO I guess I'm lucky. Laptops, smart phones and smart TV as well as consoles are running all day and no issues at 20 mbps...
If you upgrade to latest wi-fi router technology such as wi-fi 6 it can help stabilizer and get better utilisation of whatever service speed you get.
Awesomely informed video! Very simply explained advanced information!
Thank you for this! Question: where do Zoom calling fall under the task category is it Video streaming? Also does 30mpbs mean you will have a higher chance of losing connection as oppose to a 200 mbps plan?
30 mbps is lower speeds 200 better speeds
120 Mbps suits me just fine! Thanks Whistleout love your website to compare the plans!
Great to hear! thanks for watching!
This is great, thank you so much 😊
Your total assumes you’re using all the items in your list at the same time right? Which wouldn’t happen. Or do you have factor in all because your package is not unlimited in terms of total data used in a day? If unlimited data package then you’d only to factor in the highest use item rather than adding all, right?
I’m not sure my speed I need for work would that be more then 50? My work is like the cable has to go into the box and line not WiFi but I need to pick a plan
Thank you for this video. I'm in rural GA and I got a letter in the mail that Fiber optic internet is coming soon, spring. And it'll be 50$ for 100mbps. I figured that be enough because I just mainly use one roku ultra box and rarely use the one in the bedroom because usually the antenna is used for white noise lol. There a 1 gig and 2 gig option. I thought that's over kill also... The one gig is 80 and the 2 gig is 100$. Should I get a gig or stay at a hundred? THX =)
Thanks very helpful 🙂😊
Thank you!
I live towards what’s considered the country and there’s no plans that are over like 10 but when I search it up it says there’s so many great options then we contact the providers and they say that they don’t provide that out where I’m at so the fastest thing I can get is 10 and if I run cables through my house 20
So cricket wireless has the core unlimited data plan for 8.5 mbps and the more unlimited data plan for 1.5 mbps which one faster I’m so confused and don’t know if the core fast or slower
I need at least 100mbits, i have 15mbps, because my internet provider said that the VDSL is not available yet. When i need to download the updates from the video games, it takes hours... :( .
Im paying 65 for 300 mbps but i am currently being offered 1 gigabyte for 4 years guaranteed price should i make the change?
With wifi 6 everyone will get the speed parallelly right? It is not shared?
Love the beautiful cat!❤
I have 2 smart TV an use my cellphone an 3 ring camera. How much do I need ???
at the moment my 100mbs plan is fast enough streaming 4k movies is no problem and my avg download speed is 12.6 megabytes per second i have no issues with it 🤘
50 megabits is all you need for most households because it enable you to stream 4k UA-cam videos without buffering.
100 is better
@@neomphatsoanyane6686 of course 100 is better, but that is not most household need.
@@kev3226 so excited for them to install my fibre I've been on 5mbs for like 3 years now
100mbps should be a crazy upgrade
What about if you lived alone?
Thank you for your help. I think it helped, but, why would you need 32Mbps if you and the roommate won’t really be doing all those amount of task at the same time?
It’s a serious questions. I’m trying to figure out the logic so I can get my own plan.
That’s true
Apparently she and her roommate like to both videoconference people while listening to music and streaming HD video, while also browsing the net and talking to Alexa all at the same time.
@@kuhris It is about having a little extra so that when background data is used you still have enough. You do not want your Netflix to buffer because your iPhone decided to sync with iCloud. Bandwidth is dirt cheap these days. Get more than what you think you really need.
Just asking myself the same question
Great content! How much megabits per second would I need doing video editing in 4K?
Video editing doesn't use internet.
4K uploading does on the other hand. As I am more familiar with streaming, 4K streaming uses at least 25Mbps.
4K uploading doesn't have a minimum speed though, but I'd recommend 100Mbps Upload Speed.
CAN YOU IMPLEMENT UR WEBSITE TO DO THE MATH?
AND WE JUST INPUT DATA
Spectrum's 940 Mbps down and 40 Mbps up is a sweet speed for all... Best ever...
Yea if your fine with paying that big price
@@xswagcatx6303 It's not THAT expensive.
@@TurboSpeedWiFi It's expensive compared to what I got with spectrum lol!
Overkill
At home i have symetric 800 mbps.
im too lazy to look up anything, but in my home we have 10mbps and my dad and mom want to watch netflix upstairs while my siblings are watching youtube at 1080p and i wanna game with 0-10 ping, in fortnite, well rn when no one is on the network i get like 30-40ping ms but if someone connects i instantly go up to max ping and cant play, what speeds do you recoomend, because we are planning on buying 250 through 250
250 Mbps will serve you well.
well, do you think that i will have much better ping than i have rn which is like 40-50 ping when im playing when no one is even online??
Nice info
just did speed test 7d/6u mbps verizon , boost mobile 20d/1u mbps 7d/0.2u t-mobile home internet. im between 3 local citys and under served. combined with speedify app on pc i get 40down and 7up but pay 213 usd is pricey but satlights only other option ie hughesnet 150usd for 50gigs data wont cut it when i hit 253gigs last month and 80 gigs this month(didnt download games this month)....just hope that starlink eventually comes to usa and can save money/get better speeds
I get 6mbps and im one person and have no problem streaming in 1080 p with. Little to no buffering
I honestly think that some people are out of touch with reality. over here, we use 5mbps, Netflix, pubg, prime, UA-cam etc with no problems.
Good job on having a carbon monoxide detector and not just a smoke detector!
I just got 800mbs and now wondering if its overkill lol.
what matters in the mbps the uploads or downloads ....
i have about 14 things on the wifi and i get about 20mbps but when im home alone and its just my pc and my phone i get the exact same speed
same
150 mbps is fast enough for my movie streaming at 4k. We had a old router that produced 35 mbps and then we upgraded our router our speed dramatically increased. Got the best router walmart had.
Very good
I have 75/75 on fios fiber and designed a MoCA 2.5 throughout my house 🏡. Never an issue. Verizon doesn’t even offer my plan and will not allow me to change my speed without getting rid of all my channels.
My dad pays for 1gb. We have bluetooth cameras but we still have insane speed. Literally, my cousins say my internet sucks when one of my cousins has 50 Mbps download speed next to the ROUTER. My other cousin has a wifi booster. It’s funny because my internet has the fastest mbps download and upload speed. I watch videos outside of the house in my patio and get 200-900 mbps upload/download speed. I live in a suburban area (Hampton, NH.) And they live IN A TOWN THAT LOOKS LIKE A CITY. (Reading, MA.)
Your math is flawed... First, you likely aren't doing all these things at the same time. Like, unless you are a master multitasker, you aren't browsing on your laptop, watching netflix on TV, listening to spotify on another device, live streaming on facebook on your phone, skyping on a tablet, and talking to Alexa, all at the same time, while your room mate does the same. So, you'd need to figure out what activities you and your room mate are doing all at the same time, and add those things up. You could presumably be both watching separate video streams, scrolling through facebook, while the other is on a video call. So having like 20-30Mbps probably isn't a bad idea, to have a little room, especially if you ever intend to have a guest over. It just didn't make sense to add up all the things you do.
1:52 "now not every person will be doing every task all at the same time every day" you typed a whole paragraph for what she said in a sentence
@@mesayingthings7063 except I'm literally commenting on her own example she gives after saying that. She simply added up everything she might do in a day, and multiplied it by 2 for her and her roommate. If you notice, I said browsing the web, video streaming, audio streaming, live streaming, video calling, and using Alexa. Those are the things she has in her own little table. She could probably get away with 20-25mbps to support her and her roommate. That's all I was saying.
It is about having a little extra so that when background data is used you still have enough. You do not want your Netflix to buffer because your iPhone decided to sync with iCloud. Bandwidth is dirt cheap these days. Get more than what you think you really need.
Why always add it together? You can in most cases not watch HD TV browse the internet, social media, do emails and and and at once. It will be some but defnitely not everything at once.
I am not buzhi,i want 20 gig speed to be the norm for all people so no one complains for anything.
Help plzz 10mbps fibre or 30mbps cable..
I recomend 30mbps
Best plan for a fam of 5 ?🤔 using youtube internet etc...
I think that 20 mbps download and 10 mbps upload is very good for many people.
Is 8 7 6 mbps good??
Upgraded from 6mbps last august to 100mbps up and down. Honestly cant go back
@Jovan Popovic yh really good for a third world country in the caribbean but expensive as hell lmao wish it had gigabit here
@@Amrit_SZN Bro I live in America and can only get 3Mbps😭
Can someone help me with this questions. Ok I have 300mbps right now cable. I am moving att offered 25 mbps with unlimited fiber optic. My question is that fast enough to handle my gaming and streaming needs. Can anyone confirm this cause I never had fiber optic so what is the difference between cable and fiber optic WiFi internet.
@Dark Shadow Live As I said early but like said it’s only 25 mbps.
@Dark Shadow Live sounds pretty slow
@Dark Shadow Live yeah I use multi items and gaming and streaming
@@169Aquarius honestly, fiber is not worth for that much slow speeds. Stay with ur 300 Mbit/s connection. 25 Mbps is terrible. I mean for multiple clients.
@@roshan6405 thanks but it’s been 3 mo ago I ask that
Guys imma get a 50 megabit internet december from 5 megs to 50 is a big help since 4 people using the internet is hard and slow
I think that symetric speeds, are good for isp's, ordinary people don't use them that much.
Big upload is good for UA-camrs ... When just watching videos you need download speeds, upload is aslo important when in same network watching videos many people, or using internet manh people.
I make a test, and i have 40 mbps download symetric, on my cottage, but when i watching videos on UA-cam, my phone use 40 mbps download, but only about 1 mbps upload.
Depends on the use case. If you work from home and have a lot of data that needs to transferred to and from your computer, it does help having a symmetrical connection.
100 Mbps is perfect for me and I pay only 12.72 US dollar for unlimited internet here in india.
Wrong so wrong you don’t need that much I’d recommend 20mbps or even 15mbps. If you are just one person streaming on one device at a time you can go lower and save more. 15mbps is still fast enough to do 4K
What about for ps5 gaming
I have 500 mbps. But only get 71 mbps download & 35 upload should I be getting more
You need better router ( wifi 5 )
You have optic internet ?
@@martinsk8088 fiber optic
I'm with the Yang Gang. We're not afraid of math. Soo carry the two.....
Hi is it ok to have 50kbps for 2 people ?
Kbps of Mbps? 50 Mbps is pretty good, 50 Kbps? Nope...
I just want to find someone that’ll tell me what to get to UPLOAD videos quickly to UA-cam.
You'd be doing well with a good symmetrical fibre internet connection.
100/100 is pretty good if that is available. Usually those are cheap to get.
I can't get 3mg speed, never been able to get a good download speed
I have 400 mbps and it is awesome
Over a gigabyte no not gigabit gigabyte per second because i steam in 8k 60 and game in the same time
But if you're just doing one thing at a time and your roommate is doing one thing at a time, the math doesn't seem to add up? Unless you're doing all of those things at once?
I till date can't justify myself what to do with my 1 Gbps internet.
This is called real ✨FLEX✨
Skip the math to @3:12 80-90 Mb/s is hers. What's yours?
DAMMNN in india we get 100Mbps without data cap for 10USD
That's really good for us a 75mbps plan is like 50$
@@joshjoshy9891 OMG! That's expecive 😨
@@joshjoshy9891 woah thats expensive, here we only pay $50-85 for gigabit.
1:35
3:20 Cox
Strange maths. You will never be doing all those things simultaneously 🎉
I live a rural area and could only have hughs net
what are your speeds?? How much you paying??
Keep it up .... You will rock!!! Btw you r beautiful....❤️
Thank you so much 😀
Simp
@@randomdude6228 🤣🤣🤣
I live by my self and 50 wasn’t enough but 100 is just fine.
Why was it not enough? What were you doing?
@@nadinegomez8858 my patient isn’t enough to load while I’m surfing the web. With 2 phones connected, 2 nephews here gaming, surfing the web, Netflix wouldn’t load fast enough or it wouldn’t be HD for a couple of mins
@@TheHitDat oh. So that’s with people WITH you. How was it when you were just by yourself? Did you still have to wait?
internet is terrible here in my country. Slow speeds with a high price
I feel you.
I have 1200 mbps paying $105 a month for xfin it’s just for internet. They are telling me I can get 50mbps for $10 a month. I said put me in!!! Cannot believe how much money I wasted
I get 70mbps, 10ms and 0.5 jitter.
I at least need 128Gbs of data I have simple mobile and I use 150Gbs but their service service are garbage
Seems 50mbps is th3 safe option for me.
Gaming (not much online so maybe can even disregard this but just to be safe)
4K
HD
UA-cam Liv3 Stream Watcher
Thats really it.
No music streaming. No vid3o calls.
Online gaming isn't going to use much internet, offline gaming is fine without an internet connection.
Everything else I'd say at least 50Mbps.
Personally I'd recommend that you give yourself a tad bit of headroom, so if 50Mbps is what everything calculates to the I'd state you go for at least 70Mbps.
That way you avoid buffering.
@@Moshimulations I actually ended up getting 300 mbps.
It was the smallest they had.
@@InnerRise woah lucky you :)
Practical.
I wish i had your patience. Anything less than 120 mbps is excruciatingly slow. At 50 it would take as long to download this youtube video as it would be to watch it.
I think you have Kbps confused with Mbps
@@BasilMinhas no
@@williampennjr.4448 50 mbps isn’t bad, it could download this fast
Fam wdym I have 80mbs and is fast af
you must be living in 2030 😂
30mbps is the boss
1Gbps is good for me
1gbps is also good for a company of 50 people😂😂
@@alankaranand2904
Lol these dumbos 😂
My updates take 32 hours
6.0 mbps
500 mbps. Beat that. 5 Ping connecting to telstra melbourne.
i reckon 50-100mpbs good s tarting for family of 4 adults
I'm have 72 mbps its so weak for roblox and Minecraft my mom say get internet 300 Mbps or 500
Minecraft doesn't need much internet speed as you aren't constantly downloading data.
As for Roblox you'd probably do better with higher internet speed as it is a Game Streaming website essentially as you aren't playing natively.
It all depends on the users of the internet. I'd state at least 150Mbps, so I'd agree with your mother with going for 300Mbps.
Though it could be expensive so bare that in mind.
I have four people in my house and my Internet is 19.6
Is it fast?
70 megabytes pwr second
Internet in the Philippines: 🐢
The highest internet speed in Syria is 20mbps
And it's $25
Average salaries in Syria $12
75 to 100mbp comfortably
63 mbps is for me
I get 3mbps in Jamaica 💀
You can upgrade though💀
I get 3mbps in America 💀💀💀
Wahaha Erm 2:45 so you are saying you surf net while streaming video and audio and live stream on social and doing video calls all at the same time hence you need 32mbs lol something wrong with the assumptions here I think.
She's incorrect claiming you need at least 30 or more if you were a streamer. I cut the cord back in 2016 and up until recently I only had 25 down which is perfectly fine and allowed me to stream 4K flawlessly. To confirm this reliable 4K streaming I accessed the statistics on Amazon's app which show the real time resolution while streaming which sustained 4K perfectly fine without any problems as well as the stats for nerds you can access on UA-cam when streaming 4k. UA-cam had no lost frames and streamed 4K resolution perfectly fine at 3840x2160p as does Amazon Prime video.
Even had pretty good download speeds using bit torrent and I'm a multi-decade plex user who really really knows my download information well. Fairly fast downloads that were reliable over bettora and flawless 4K streaming is perfectly capable with 25, actually more like 20 because it wasn't quite 25 all the time.
The truth is you only need around 16 down for 4K most of the time, definitely not more than 20 is needed. The reason they say 25 minimum is to cut down on tech support calls so they say 25 but the reality of what you actually need is more like 16 to 20. Just like HD video is somewhere around 3 down but they say 5.
Somehow I figured she would have some of this information wrong and she did. Perhaps someday she will learn.
I need 80 mbps.
I have 8 mbps
How does it work it what I am trying to figured out
Don't feel bad. i'm paying for 100Mb.... only getting 5Mb. Figure that one out.
150???? I have 6
Wow I get 300 for $39.99 that’s enough for my streaming and his pornoin 😅
I'm at 115 mbps
I’m at 100mbps
@@tae7056 speed test just said 55down and 7 up.
I have 30up 30 down and the best part is that i have cable still i get the same speed i pay for
My speed go upto 585mbps
Wtf Im seeing 500mbps and 1000mbps plans????
At her age she still has a roommate.
I have 300kbps
50 Mbps
Yh that’s good for most people. I get 70mbps and 10 ping
I wish I was paying 50$ a month for internet
Bruh? 50 for 200 mbps is ideal
@@nirhaber6149 Bruh? It depends on where you live
@@Anthomighty well. Even if it was 120 usd i wouldn't mind as i my plan doesn't include tv support so it would hypothetically be just 120 and nothing additional so it doesn't matter. For tv channels (because i haven't included em in my plan for cheaper price) i just use kodi. I have a strong aftermarket router and a strong aftermarket modem. Connected with a cable from the router to my pc and i get 190 constantly, no drops (as you would expect when connected through a cable). Wifi i get around 50
@@nirhaber6149 I can go back and forth like this for the rest of my life. So that said I couldn’t care less about what you say
@@Anthomighty Ok. Your life, your choice