Time taken by a normal broadband service to download a file in MB/GB

Many of us have questioned as

 “Which broadband plan is better for me?”

“Which plans to choose for internet connection?”

“What should be check before buying an internet / broadband connection?”

“Should I buy an unlimited bandwidth plan or limited bandwidth plan?”

“How to calculate data downloaded by me from internet/broadband connection”

“How much we can download on my Broadband connections per hour”

This post will finally help you to understand broadband concept and help you in buying the best broadband / internet plan for you…

Here I will explain how much data you can download on different Broadband speed.  It all depends on broadband speed you opt for. 

This also helps us in limiting our usage, if we are using Limited bandwidth connections. (Like 5 Mbps till 20 GB then speed limits to 512Kbps or so on)

Please note: Every broadband connections do not provide continuous / fixed speed all period of time of connection, they vary time to time, thus transfer rate (at which data file is downloaded) also varies.

Thus it is not guaranteed that below speed is what I MUST get; it depends on the fluctuations on speed/ transfer rate of internet connection….

Following table will help you to understand which broadband plans will satisfy your needs.

Broadband Speed / Connections	Transfer rate	Max download with Full speed In 1 hour
128 kbps	16 KBps	56.25 MB
256 kbps	32 KBps	112.5 MB
512 kbps	64 KBps	225 MB
784 kbps	98 KBps	344.53125 MB
1 Mbps	128 KBps	450 MB
2 Mbps	256 KBps	900 MB
4 Mbps	512 KBps	1800 MB (1.75GB)
8 Mbps	1024 KBps (1 MBps)	3600  MB (3.51GB)
16 Mbps	2048 KBps (2 MBps)	7200 MB (7.03GB)
32 Mbps	4096 KBps (4 MBps)	14400 MB (14.06 GB)

Thus if you have a broadband connection as 1 Mbps, you will be able to download 450 MB Max to max in one hour.

For detailed chart of Download Per hr Click here 

 For difference between transfer rate and download speed please click here