Brian Gongol
Here's a simple chart showing the approximate times of different file sizes on different Internet connection speeds. Simply find the file size in the first column, then find the corresponding download time in the same row under the column indicating the user's Internet connection.
| kilobytes | kilobits | 28.8k dial-up | 56k dial-up | Cable/DSL (low) | Cable/DSL (med) | Cable/DSL (high) | T1 | T3 |
| 28.8 kbps | 53.3 kbps | 384 kbps | 768 kbps | 1500 kbps | 1544 kbps | 6000 kbps | ||
| 1 | 8 | 0.3 seconds | 0.2 seconds | 0.0 seconds | 0.0 seconds | 0.0 seconds | 0.0 seconds | 0.0 seconds |
| 10 | 80 | 2.8 seconds | 1.5 seconds | 0.2 seconds | 0.1 seconds | 0.1 seconds | 0.1 seconds | 0.0 seconds |
| 25 | 200 | 6.9 seconds | 3.8 seconds | 0.5 seconds | 0.3 seconds | 0.1 seconds | 0.1 seconds | 0.0 seconds |
| 50 | 400 | 13.9 seconds | 7.5 seconds | 1.0 seconds | 0.5 seconds | 0.3 seconds | 0.3 seconds | 0.1 seconds |
| 75 | 600 | 20.8 seconds | 11.3 seconds | 1.6 seconds | 0.8 seconds | 0.4 seconds | 0.4 seconds | 0.1 seconds |
| 100 | 800 | 27.8 seconds | 15.0 seconds | 2.1 seconds | 1.0 seconds | 0.5 seconds | 0.5 seconds | 0.1 seconds |
| 200 | 1600 | 55.6 seconds | 30.0 seconds | 4.2 seconds | 2.1 seconds | 1.1 seconds | 1.0 seconds | 0.3 seconds |
| 250 | 2000 | 69.4 seconds | 37.5 seconds | 5.2 seconds | 2.6 seconds | 1.3 seconds | 1.3 seconds | 0.3 seconds |
| 500 | 4000 | 138.9 seconds | 75.0 seconds | 10.4 seconds | 5.2 seconds | 2.7 seconds | 2.6 seconds | 0.7 seconds |
| 750 | 6000 | 208.3 seconds | 112.6 seconds | 15.6 seconds | 7.8 seconds | 4.0 seconds | 3.9 seconds | 1.0 seconds |
| 1000 | 8000 | 277.8 seconds | 150.1 seconds | 20.8 seconds | 10.4 seconds | 5.3 seconds | 5.2 seconds | 1.3 seconds |
| 1500 | 12000 | 416.7 seconds | 225.1 seconds | 31.3 seconds | 15.6 seconds | 8.0 seconds | 7.8 seconds | 2.0 seconds |
| 2000 | 16000 | 555.6 seconds | 300.2 seconds | 41.7 seconds | 20.8 seconds | 10.7 seconds | 10.4 seconds | 2.7 seconds |
| 2500 | 20000 | 694.4 seconds | 375.2 seconds | 52.1 seconds | 26.0 seconds | 13.3 seconds | 13.0 seconds | 3.3 seconds |
| 5000 | 40000 | 1388.9 seconds | 750.5 seconds | 104.2 seconds | 52.1 seconds | 26.7 seconds | 25.9 seconds | 6.7 seconds |
| 7500 | 60000 | 2083.3 seconds | 1125.7 seconds | 156.3 seconds | 78.1 seconds | 40.0 seconds | 38.9 seconds | 10.0 seconds |
| 10000 | 80000 | 2777.8 seconds | 1500.9 seconds | 208.3 seconds | 104.2 seconds | 53.3 seconds | 51.8 seconds | 13.3 seconds |