# Up/download speed question **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [May 14, 2013, 12:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/up-download-speed-question/230617 "2013-05-14T12:24:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Event](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/event/32/5443_2.png) [@Event](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Event)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 12:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/up-download-speed-question/230617/1 "2013-05-14T12:24:27Z")
Hey guys, I’m looking to get Verison Fios at my house and I’m not sure how fast I need the service to be. I download a lot of movies and music, and play a decent amount of games online. I’m debating between going with the 15MB/5MB and the 50MB/25MB packages. Would the 50/25 ever come in handy, or is that a bit overkill? I’m assuming the numbers they list are download/upload speeds, but I’m not entirely sure. ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 12:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/up-download-speed-question/230617/2 "2013-05-14T12:26:02Z")
More = better ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 12:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/up-download-speed-question/230617/3 "2013-05-14T12:34:14Z")
yes, it’s down/up. The second package is considerably better than the first. Your downloads will complete much faster, and there is no chance you’ll have any lag/connection issues during online gaming, with the second one. If the price difference isn’t huge, I’d go with the second option. ---
**Author:** ![Event](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/event/32/5443_2.png) [@Event](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Event)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 12:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/up-download-speed-question/230617/4 "2013-05-14T12:48:08Z")
> [@boardjnky4](#): > > yes, it’s down/up. > > The second package is considerably better than the first. Your downloads will complete much faster, and there is no chance you’ll have any lag/connection issues during online gaming, with the second one. > > If the price difference isn’t huge, I’d go with the second option. It’s only a $10 price difference, just based off the numbers I figured it’d be significantly better but I don’t really have a frame of reference. Whenever downloading a movie/tv show/whatever I’ve rarely exceeded speeds of 1 or 2 MBPS so I wasn’t sure if anything more than the basic package would be necessary. ---
**Author:** ![MOBOOST4U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f4b2a3/32.png) [@MOBOOST4U](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MOBOOST4U)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 12:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/up-download-speed-question/230617/5 "2013-05-14T12:54:12Z")
Is there any option between the two? I feel like 50/25 could definitely be a little overkill but ive bottomed out 15/5 on many occasions and I wouldnt really say im a heavy user compared to some people. ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 12:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/up-download-speed-question/230617/6 "2013-05-14T12:57:08Z")
You are confused by the difference between a byte and a bit. Internet connection speeds are advertised in bits, downloads are typically measured in bytes. There are 8 bits in 1 byte. 1 Megabyte = 8 Megabit 2 Megabyte = 16 Megabit [https://www.google.com/search?q=1MB+to+Mb&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8](https://www.google.com/search?q=1MB+to+Mb&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8) …roughly ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 1:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/up-download-speed-question/230617/7 "2013-05-14T13:02:43Z")
If its only $10 there isn’t any reason not go 50/25 ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 1:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/up-download-speed-question/230617/8 "2013-05-14T13:03:08Z")
I’ve got 50/25 with FIOS and pull 58 down, 25 up on [speedtest.net](http://speedtest.net) if I pick a really fast server like NYC. I’ll see 6.9 to 7 MB/s from usenet, which works out to about 55Mbps. A 4.9 GB “data file” took 12 minutes and 3 seconds averaging 6.9 MB/s according to my usenet downloader logs. ---
**Author:** ![MOBOOST4U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f4b2a3/32.png) [@MOBOOST4U](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MOBOOST4U)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 1:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/up-download-speed-question/230617/9 "2013-05-14T13:04:47Z")
> [@LZ](#): > > If its only $10 there isn’t any reason not go 50/25 This for sure ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 1:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/up-download-speed-question/230617/10 "2013-05-14T13:17:39Z")
$10 for 3x the down and 5x the up? no brainer ---
**Author:** ![Event](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/event/32/5443_2.png) [@Event](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Event)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 1:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/up-download-speed-question/230617/11 "2013-05-14T13:21:50Z")
> [@boardjnky4](#): > > $10 for 3x the down and 5x the up? no brainer Aye, that’s what I think I’m gonna go with. Thanks for the info folks! ---
**Author:** ![Tillos](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tillos/32/6226_2.png) [@Tillos](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Tillos)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 1:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/up-download-speed-question/230617/12 "2013-05-14T13:26:35Z")
Google needs to step up their game and bring us Fiber. We’re high up on the list of future cities to have it, but who knows when that’ll actually happen. [https://fiber.google.com/about/](https://fiber.google.com/about/) ---
**Author:** ![jay\_g](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jay_g/32/111288_2.png) [@jay\_g](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jay_g)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 1:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/up-download-speed-question/230617/13 "2013-05-14T13:28:38Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > I’ve got 50/25 with FIOS and pull 58 down, 25 up on [speedtest.net](http://speedtest.net). what he said ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 1:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/up-download-speed-question/230617/14 "2013-05-14T13:43:58Z")
Timewarner has a tonnn of fiber in the Buffalo area compared to Rochester and other areas… I wouldn’t be surprised to see them do fiber to the home in the next few years I know they were testing different configurations of hardware. I don’t see any reason google would come here the city sucks for technology companies. You also won’t see FiOS in the city since they would have to wire the entire city and they’re already losing money in the suburbs. ---
**Author:** ![Tillos](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tillos/32/6226_2.png) [@Tillos](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Tillos)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 1:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/up-download-speed-question/230617/15 "2013-05-14T13:56:28Z")
In the growing need for faster connections, though, I would imagine Google would be beneficial, especially because a lot of banking corporations are centralized out of wny area. But, I’m going to assume that you work for timewarner, so I’ll take your word for it lol ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 1:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/up-download-speed-question/230617/16 "2013-05-14T13:59:42Z")
> [@Tillos](#): > > In the growing need for faster connections, though, I would imagine Google would be beneficial, especially because a lot of banking corporations are centralized out of wny area. > > But, I’m going to assume that you work for timewarner, so I’ll take your word for it lol I worked for TWC as a network engineer. Running fiber to a business is one thing wiring an entire neighborhood is a money pit. If you’re a large company and need fiber companies will work things out. Take yahoo for example which decided to build in the middle of no where they ended up getting diverse entry fiber from a number of carriers at the bandwidth they needed(Multiple 10Gb wave lenghts) ---
**Author:** ![evane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6bbea6/32.png) [@evane](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/evane)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2013, 9:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/up-download-speed-question/230617/17 "2013-05-17T21:17:55Z")
> [@LZ](#): > > I worked for TWC as a network engineer. > > Running fiber to a business is one thing wiring an entire neighborhood is a money pit. > > If you’re a large company and need fiber companies will work things out. Take yahoo for example which decided to build in the middle of no where they ended up getting diverse entry fiber from a number of carriers at the bandwidth they needed(Multiple 10Gb wave lenghts) The important take away is businesses will pony up the cash to get fiber drops.