Not the fastest, but also not the slowest! In Wikipedia's current ranking of countries by their internet speed, the U.S. came in 11th with an average speed of 25.86 megabits per second (Mbps). That might not sound like a lot since online activities such as downloading music, uploading videos, etc. is usually measured in Megabytes so let’s look at an example. We’ll convert 25.86 Mbps into megabytes per second (MBps) by dividing by 8, which equals 3.23 MBps. This means that if you were to download a 600 Megabyte (MB) file with an internet speed of 3.23 MBps, it would take over 180 seconds or 3 minutes. For some people, that’s not so bad but if you’re working in a fast-paced environment (journalism, advertising, design), you’re likely dealing in Gigabytes which can take even longer at those rates.