What is the upload speed and why is it usually much less than the download speed?
The upload speed is not fixed, and it varies depending on the website that you connect,time of your connection,your system capacity etc.To get the upload speed and download speed you can use speed checking sites like Scanmyspeed.com which reveals the correct values.For many internet users, uploading files is quite a bit slower than downloading files. This is usually normal, because most high-speed Internet connections, including cable modems and DSL, are designed to provide much better speed for downloading than uploading.
This is because users spend much more time downloading (which includes viewing web pages or multimedia files) than they do uploading, so Internet providers have designed their systems to give priority to downloading. So if your upload speed appears to be slower than your download speed, this is probably expected.
If you still want to improve upload speed you can very well request for the same with your ISP and change the plan accordingly…
The upload speed is the speed per second that you can upload to the web. Most people subscribing to broadband for residential use dont upload much perhaps a blog, family photos or a small website. If you do need to upload more maybe you upload songs to your bands website, or you have a business and you have to upload large documents to the web, or you have a large website where visitors are constantly viewing pages (which counts as uploading to the web from your end) look for a package with a faster upload speed. Some residential packages have this, particularly those with the higher download speeds, and many of the home business packages also offer it.
