Activities taking up uploading data are live streaming, posting a file/ photo on Facebook, video calls, sending an email. There is a wide range of online activities consuming download data such as watching stream videos, listening to music on Spotify, downloading files. Whilst, uploading works in the opposite direction, it refers to pushing data from your device to the Internet. Downloading refers to getting digital data from the Internet to your device. The biggest difference between the download speeds and upload speeds is their transferring way. That means 1 Mbps ( megabits per second) are 1,000 times quicker than 1 Kbps (Kilobits per second). The time is measured in Megabits per second (Mbps).ġ Mb ( megabit) is equal to 1,024 Kb (kilobits). The digital data can be in form of photos, audio, videos, text, files. In most internet speed test, there are 3 main parameters measured: download, upload speed, and ping rate.ĭownload speed refers to how long digital data is taken from the Internet to your device.
