Fiber Impact on Download Speeds


Type of Service / Connection
Rated Service / Data Rate
E-mail w/ attachment (2MB)
X-ray Photo (8MB)
Instructional Video (600 MB)
DVD Movie (4.7GB)
Dial-Up
56 Kbps
7.11 min
28.43 min
1.48 days
11.6 days
DSL Lite
416 Kbps
50 sec
3.33 min
4.17 hours
1.63 days
DSL
2 Mbps
9.50 sec
38.01 sec
47.51 min
6.20 hours
Fiber
10 Mbps
2.13 sec
8.53 sec
10.67 sec
1.39 hours
Fiber
100 Mbps
21 sec
.85 sec
1.07 min
8.36 min
Fiber
1 Gbps
.02 sec
.09 sec
6.40 sec
50.10 sec