NEED FOR SPEED
DID YOU KNOW?
Google handles over 3.5 billion searches every day. More than half come from mobile phones
This partial map shows the paths through the internet in 2005
This computer was the world’s first web server at CERN in 1991
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When it comes to internet speed, how much data you can download in one second comes down to one thing: bandwidth. To surf the web, check your email and update your social media, 25 megabits per second (Mbps) is enough. But if you want to watch 4K movies, live stream video or play online multiplayer games, you might need speeds of up to 100 megabits per second or more.