How fast is 1.5 mbps Internet?

[fiddy]

its enough for those tasks..

Not really if you want to watch higher quality videos on youtube you are screwed.

[Bladers]

Not really if you want to watch higher quality videos on youtube you are screwed.

Yep you're right.
Watching a You-tube Motion Picture HD(720 or 1080) video will not be fluid.

[rezznor]

I'm getting internet at the house on Friday and want to know if I should upgrade from the base package with 1.5 mbps. I'm not looking to download movies but want to be able to easily open general webiste and download music and watch youtube videos. Will this be fast enough?

i get 15-20 mbps according to speedtest.net, depending on the time of day. 1.5 is pretty slow, hell i think my phone may be faster then that.

[Reef]

Actually its pretty slow for downloading...

1.5 mbps is actually 150kbps download speed, that means if you are downloading something that is 1 mb.

It would take you almost 10secs instead of instantaneous.

If you are downloading something that is 10mb.
Would take you 2 mins rather than 10 seconds.

Its fast for browsing.
But not for watching HD (720/1080) videos on YT or downloading huge files. (GB files)

1500 kbps actually and I doubt it'll reach that. That's the maximum speed.

[alwaysunny]

I don't know much about internet speed but this is mine

[DeuceWallaces]

1500 kbps actually and I doubt it'll reach that. That's the maximum speed.

Could definitely go over. My "max" is 15 but it almost always is running above that, sometimes by a lot.

[simcjt]

yeah that sucks, thats basially the best internet you can get without having to move. I think my internet package right now is for 7m but it still feels slow when i am trying to multitask. I wish verizon would stop advertising FIOS in this area like its available. I called about it and it wont be coming to my area for probably another year... . your speed should be good enough to do most things and more important than that POST ON ISH... which is really all that matters..

Yeah, I have Fios because of where I live and people who live 5 minutes away are complaining they don't have it and have been promised it for like 2 years.

[Reef]

Could definitely go over. My "max" is 15 but it almost always is running above that, sometimes by a lot.

Well that's really unusual. It's probably a mistake on your ISP's end. They're supposed to cap it at the max.

[chungerball]

I don't know much about internet speed but this is mine

Damn...that is pretty fast. Downloading at 6 Megabytes per second is outrages.

[Kensta]

Damn...that is pretty fast. Downloading at 6 Megabytes per second is outrages.

More like 8.2 megabytes per second.

[DeuceWallaces]

Well that's really unusual. It's probably a mistake on your ISP's end. They're supposed to cap it at the max.

If you actually monitor your speeds you might find the same thing. I have had this at the ISP's in 3 different states; it's not that uncommon.

[Kensta]

If you actually monitor your speeds you might find the same thing. I have had this at the ISP's in 3 different states; it's not that uncommon.

It's common for DSL users to get capped off at the advertised speed. All Cable or Fios users usually go over the advertised speed. My package is 15/2 but I usually get 20/2.

[Meticode]

I have Charter. My max is 2.1mb/sec download and about 500kb/sec upload.

[DatDudeD]

sheesh some of you guys are getting monster speeds. I am gonna go back to time warner cable and get rid of this DSL. I was getting 14 down and 5 up and it was waaaaaayyyy better than what i have now. yeah there are some people who live like a mile or 2 away and they get FIOS.... . I wish i could get that 40 down and 20 up with a 10 ping that would be niiiiiceeee.

[fiddy]

Talking about ISP how do you pay per month?