Basically Every ISP Is Trying to Scare You Into Paying for Internet You Don't Need

Internet service providers often post charts that compare their service plans and the speeds consumers need to perform various activities. But the bottom line is that you have to know your own Internet habits and what kind of speed you really need—don't let your prospective ISP scare you into you paying for more bandwidth you'd actually use. Six Mbps downstream are probably sufficient for most people, unless you've got a bunch of people watching Netflix and downloading music and playing games all at once.