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The definition of high-speed home internet has not been updated since 2015, when the FCC set the threshold at a minimum download speed of 25 megabits per second and a minimum upload speed of 3 megabits per second.
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Brian Fung, CNN, 14 Mar. 2024
More than 350 megabits of data have already been downloaded.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Feb. 2024
Straight Talk delivered speeds of 279 megabits per second — similar to my Verizon connection, which delivered download speeds of 287 megabits per second.
—Brian X. Chen, New York Times, 15 Nov. 2023
Following on the 600 megabits per second offered by Wi-Fi 6 (released in 2019) and support of a third wireless band (6 gigahertz) in Wi-Fi 6E (released in 2020), Wi-Fi 7 aims to up wireless speeds again by supporting up to 40 gigabits per second.
—IEEE Spectrum, 29 Dec. 2022
Average worldwide Wi-Fi speeds, which were 10 megabits per second in 2014, will nearly double by 2018.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 Aug. 2015
Roughly 11 megabits of bandwidth is usable but far from ideal.
—PCMAG, 22 Jan. 2024
Traveling at the speed of light, the video signal took 101 seconds to reach Earth, sent at the system’s maximum bit rate of 267 megabits per second, NASA said.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 30 Dec. 2023
According to the standard, such devices should be able to send and receive data at speeds between 10 megabits per second and 9.6 gigabits per second.
—IEEE Spectrum, 10 Dec. 2023
Brian Fung, CNN, 14 Mar. 2024
More than 350 megabits of data have already been downloaded.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Feb. 2024
Straight Talk delivered speeds of 279 megabits per second — similar to my Verizon connection, which delivered download speeds of 287 megabits per second.
—Brian X. Chen, New York Times, 15 Nov. 2023
Following on the 600 megabits per second offered by Wi-Fi 6 (released in 2019) and support of a third wireless band (6 gigahertz) in Wi-Fi 6E (released in 2020), Wi-Fi 7 aims to up wireless speeds again by supporting up to 40 gigabits per second.
—IEEE Spectrum, 29 Dec. 2022
Average worldwide Wi-Fi speeds, which were 10 megabits per second in 2014, will nearly double by 2018.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 Aug. 2015
Roughly 11 megabits of bandwidth is usable but far from ideal.
—PCMAG, 22 Jan. 2024
Traveling at the speed of light, the video signal took 101 seconds to reach Earth, sent at the system’s maximum bit rate of 267 megabits per second, NASA said.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 30 Dec. 2023
According to the standard, such devices should be able to send and receive data at speeds between 10 megabits per second and 9.6 gigabits per second.
—IEEE Spectrum, 10 Dec. 2023
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megabit
noun
mega·bit
ˈmeg-ə-ˌbit 
: one million bits
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