Again dont confuse it with kilobytes (KB) which is a measure of size rather than bandwidth. This is an older measure of internet speed and it is used only when needed to describe much slower connections such as the old modems we used to use for dial up Internet connections. Take care not to confuse it with megabytes (MB) which is a measure of size rather than of bandwidth. A megabit is 1 million bits of information and is a standard measure of internet speed. Jitter is not usually noticeable when reading text, but when streaming and gaming a higher jitter can result in unnecessary buffering. Jitter: This can also be called Packet Delay Variation and it is a measure of the variability in ping over time. A fast ping means a more responsive connection and is especially important for applications where timing is everything, for example video games or low latency streaming to our media servers. Ping: This is the reaction time of your connection, that is how quickly your device gets a response after you’ve sent out a request. but we can only re-broadcast at the speed and quality we receive so you need a faster upload to ensure a smooth video feed.

Our streaming service is great and can handle many thousands of simultaneous connections without affectng your own speed. A fast upload is needed if you are sending large files to your friends or if you want to send your camera video feed to our servers for re-broadcasting. Upload: This is how quickly you send data from your device to the internet. Most connections are designed to download much faster than they upload because the majority of online activity requires a faster download, such as loading web pages or streaming videos and watching movies. Download: This is how quickly you can pull data from a server on the internet to your device.

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