Las Vegas household using streaming internet that depends on more than download Mbps
Speed tests measure a moment. Your evening measures the plant.

Download Mbps is the number on the billboard. Upload, latency, and whether the node is full at 8 p.m. are the numbers that decide whether homework and 4K can share a roof.

  • HD stream: often tens of Mbps. 4K: more, times the number of TVs.
  • Zoom: upload matters more than people think.
  • Games: latency and bufferbloat beat raw gigabit.

If Wi-Fi is the bottleneck, read signal tips before you buy a faster WAN. Plans: HomeNet.