How much do 10Mbps Ethernet ports affect the speed of a broadband connection?
It depends on the bandwidth of your connection and the nature of your use. 10Mbps Ethernet on a Windows XP system typically provides around 8Mbps of sustained bandwidth. This is fine for the majority of current U.S. broadband providers, which typically provide only 1-2Mbps of download bandwidth. But even if your connection bandwidth is measured in the 10’s of Mbps, you probably wouldn’t notice a limitation from 10Mbps Ethernet unless you were doing long downloads, or had many users on your LAN. In any case, upgrading to 10/100Mbps Ethernet is simple, inexpensive and definitely worth it if you move a lot of large files around your LAN.
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