The chart below represents the state of applications and media data bandwidth usage as of 2006. The information
was obtained by a story in Telephony magazine, entered into an Excel spreadsheet, and plotted as shown. Downstream
values are speeds from the server to the local user computer, and upstream is from the local user to the server.
Note that blue bars to the left of the divider are for downstream data, and red bars to the right of the divider
are for upstream data.
Megabits per Second
Note: Values are approximate and represent circa 2006 information.
| Web surfing |
0.5 |
2 |
| Videoconferencing |
2 |
3 |
| Premises surveillance |
2 |
3 |
| Standard definition TV |
3 |
3 |
| Telecommuting |
3 |
3 |
| File sharing, Home video |
5 |
5 |
| Real-time SDTV |
5 |
5 |
| Network personal video recorder |
5 |
5 |
| Multiplayer gaming |
5 |
5 |
| Interactive distance learning |
5 |
5 |
| Premises Web hosting |
5 |
9 |
| Large file sharing |
10 |
12 |
| Video uploads / downloads |
13 |
14 |
| HDTV |
15 |
2 |
| Network-hosted applications & storage |
40 |
10 |
| Next-Gen 3-D TV |
80 |
2 |
| VSDL2 |
70 |
9 |
| ADSL2+ |
25 |
3 |
| Cable modem |
10 |
2.5 |
| ADSL2+ |
8 |
2 |
| WiMAX |
4 |
2 |
| Dial-up |
0.1 |
0.1 |
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