What is the speed of your Internet Service Provider?
How fast is your broadband? Fast enough?
You are buying bandwidth from your Internet Service Provider. The bandwidth you buy is only guaranteed within the ISP network. Once you hit the outer boundary of your ISP and you hop over to the tier-one provider and “rest of the Internet” it’s pretty much vigilante territory and your speed is arbitrary with no guaranteed bandwidth. So while you may be sitting on your fancy business DSL rated at 2 Mbps, your browsing may crawl to a halt when accessing that remote website far, far away.
So when deciding on an ISP, make sure you pick one that is well connected to the tier one network, also known as the backbone. Most ISPs oversell their bandwidth; some more than others. Make sure your ISP does not oversell by too much.
You can test your Internet connection with our Internet Speed test.