Internet speed is normally measured in Mbps or Megabits and the internet broadband performance is measured by the download and upload speeds. Internet companies quotes their broadband download speed as key part of their marketing campaigns. Internet speed is considered a major factor while choosing broadband ISP or Internet service provider.

If we compare internet speeds of the most popular countries with respect to internet speed, South Korea tops the number with an average download speed of 38MBPS while United states of america has average 30 MBPS with being at leading position regarding the number of internet users and has 96.49% population using the internet. This is equal to downloading 4000 emails per day or downloading 110 MP3s per day. Since year 2000, the internet usage has increased more than 5 times and according to an estimate, total 2.7 billion users have access to the internet and the average broadband user consumes 12.5GB/month.

Now with the evolution and adoption of internet, it has become an essential part of life in day to day activities, commencing businesses as well as providing and getting entertainment. Since then the internet has become famous worldwide and people started using to for spreading information and knowledge and it helped in the fields of commerce and entertainment across the whole world. The Internet came into existence in 1982 when the TCP/IP protocol was introduced and standardized. Computers era started with the invention of computers in early 1950s.

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