Editing Broadband (section)

===Speed qualifiers===
A number of national and international regulators categorize broadband connections according to upload and download speeds, stated in [[Mbit/s]] ([[megabit]]s per [[second]]).

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! Term !! Regulator(s) !! Minimal download<br/> speed (Mbit/s) !! Minimal upload<br/> speed (Mbit/s) !! Notes
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| Full fibre / FTTP/H<ref name="Ispreview">{{cite web |title=A Brief Price Comparison of UK FTTP / FTTH Ultrafast Broadband ISPs |url=https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2017/04/brief-price-comparison-uk-ultrafast-fttp-broadband-isps.html |website=ISP Review |date=15 April 2017 |access-date=10 April 2019 |archive-date=10 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190410150346/https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2017/04/brief-price-comparison-uk-ultrafast-fttp-broadband-isps.html |url-status=live }}</ref>||[[Ofcom]] || 100 || 1 ||
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| Gigabit<ref name="Eu2018" /> || [[EU]] || 1000 || 1 ||
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| Ultrafast<ref name="Ofcom2016">{{cite web |title=UK HOME BROADBAND PERFORMANCE |url=https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0018/100755/UK-home-broadband-performance,-November-2016-Consumer-guide.pdf |website=Ofcom |access-date=10 April 2019 |archive-date=10 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190410150344/https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0018/100755/UK-home-broadband-performance,-November-2016-Consumer-guide.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>||[[Ofcom]] || 300 || 1 ||
|-
| Ultra-fast / Gfast<ref name="Orgfast">{{cite web |title=Ultrafast fibre Gfast |url=https://www.homeandbusiness.openreach.co.uk/fibre-broadband/ultrafast-broadband/ultrafast-fibre-g.fast |website=Openreach |access-date=10 April 2019 |archive-date=22 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171122080824/https://www.homeandbusiness.openreach.co.uk/fibre-broadband/ultrafast-broadband/ultrafast-fibre-g.fast |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Eu2018" />||[[EU]], [[UK Government]] || 100 || 1 ||
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| Fast<ref name="Eu2018">{{cite web |title=Broadband in the EU Member States (12/2018) |url=http://publications.europa.eu/webpub/eca/special-reports/broadband-12-2018/en/ |publisher=EU |access-date=10 April 2019 |archive-date=10 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190410155841/http://publications.europa.eu/webpub/eca/special-reports/broadband-12-2018/en/ |url-status=live }}</ref>||[[EU]] || 30 || ||
|-
| Superfast<ref name="DCMS">{{cite web |last1=Hood |first1=Hannah Hood |title=Super fast broadband |url=https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/378588/response/924461/attach/3/296020%20Reply.pdf?cookie_passthrough=1 |website=What Do They Know |date=22 December 2016 |publisher=Department for Culture, Media and Sport |access-date=10 April 2019 |archive-date=22 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191222060716/https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/378588/response/924461/attach/3/296020%20Reply.pdf?cookie_passthrough=1 |url-status=live }}</ref>||[[Ofcom]] || 30 || 1 ||
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| Superfast<ref name="DCMS" /> || [[UK Government]] || 24 || 1 ||
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| Broadband<ref name="Nbcfcc">{{cite news |date=2024-03-14 |title=FCC INCREASES BROADBAND SPEED BENCHMARK |url=https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-401205A1.pdf |access-date=15 March 2024 |agency=}}</ref>||[[FCC]] || 100 || 20 ||
|-
| Broadband<ref name="Ofcom2017">{{cite web |title=CONNECTED NATIONS 2017 |url=https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0024/108843/summary-report-connected-nations-2017.pdf |website=Ofcom |access-date=10 April 2019 |archive-date=25 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190725234346/https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0024/108843/summary-report-connected-nations-2017.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>||[[Ofcom]] || 10 || 1 ||
|-
|Broadband<ref>{{Cite web|last=Government of Canada|first=Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)|date=2013-03-20|title=What you should know about Internet speeds|url=https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/internet/performance.htm|access-date=2021-01-29|website=crtc.gc.ca|archive-date=2021-02-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215150225/https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/internet/performance.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
|[[Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission|CRTC]]
|50
|10
|
|}

In Australia, the [[Australian Competition and Consumer Commission]] also requires [[Internet Service Providers]] to quote speed during night time and busy hours <ref>{{cite web|title=Broadband Performance Data|url=https://www.accc.gov.au/consumers/internet-landline-services/broadband-speeds|access-date=2021-12-05|website=accc.gov.au|date=30 April 2014|archive-date=2021-12-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211205144235/https://www.accc.gov.au/consumers/internet-landline-services/broadband-speeds|url-status=live}}</ref>