upstream bandwidth still almost always takes a back seat to downstream (at least, on consumer-grade connections), and Web browsing is arguably still the activity most people engage in most of the time. But browsing isn't the only thing people use the Internet for anymore — not by a long shot. The truth is that for just about any Internet-based application other than Web browsing, the speed of your upstream connection can be as important as — and in many cases, perhaps more important than — your downstream connection.
The most obvious example of this is uploading files. It doesn't matter if you're sending someone an e-mail attachment, uploading a ton of photos to an online sharing site like Flickr, or running a P2P file-sharing application like BitTorrent — they all rely heavily (or exclusively) on the speed of your upstream connection. Want to upload your latest video creation to YouTube? Don't hold your breath — it's probably going to take a while. --winplanet.com
Most broadband connections offer upstream speeds ranging anywhere from 96 to 768 Kbps, but unless you're at the middle-to-high end of that range, you will likely benefit from a faster connection. You can check the performance of both sides of your connection using online speed tests such as from the one I used to take mine, at SpeedTest.net.
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