How fast is the Hathway Broadband Internet Service?
Cable modems can be “provisioned” for several levels of service. Hathway Broadband Internet provides access speeds of 128 Kbps up to 512 Kbps. In comparison, the typical access speed for dial-up is between 20 and 30 Kbps. As with any network, actual speed when using Hathway’s service will vary. There are many factors that affect the data transfer speed, including location and configuration of the accessed server, traffic at the accessed site/server, internet congestion, time of the day, overall network traffic & your computer’s performance and configuration. Some basics on Access Speed: Internet Access Speed is measured in Bits per second. 128Kbps means 128 Kilobits per second. File sizes are in Bytes – tens/hundreds of bytes, thousands of bytes (Kilobytes), millions of bytes (Megabytes).
