The need for speed

The need for speed

Your broadband connection should make the image much smoother though, but remember that just because you're paying for a broadband link that runs at 1Megabit per second, doesn't mean that you're getting that all time.

Internet service providers typically share their available bandwidth between their subscribers, so you could be sharing that 1megabit with as many as 50 other people. If they're all using it at the same time as you, then your connection's going to be slow!

There are some bandwidth speed checks online, I've even managed to find one based it India, although nowhere near you unfortunately, so it may not be completely accurate: Calcutta telephones bandwidth test.

If you're in the UK, you can try the speed tester at www.thinkbroadband.com

These are only a guide, and you'll get different results at different times of the day as the number of people on the Internet near you fluctuates. You might also check the homepage of your Internet service provider to see if they have their own test.