How fast does your internet need to be to survive quarantine life?

Thanks to the novel coronavirus, we're at a pivotal moment in the history of the internet. People need it more than ever because they're stuck at home, but it might not be fast enough to meet everyone's daily needs.

Multiple studies released over the past week have shown that home internet is slowing down in parts of the U.S. In some cases, adequate internet isn't available at all. We don't know what your personal internet situation is, but we do know roughly how much speed you need to do common tasks.

Below is a rundown of how fast your internet should be in order to do things like stream videos, play online multiplayer games, and work remotely. All you have to do to test your internet is go to Speedtest, which we must disclose is owned by Mashable's parent company, J2. For most cases, the download speed (measured in megabits per second, or Mbps), is the golden number. That's the rate at which your network can bring data to you. Read more...