Speaking in broad terms

Weigh up the options before you select the right broadband option for your home, Kya deLongchamps reports

If you spend hours online, have multiple users and download a lot of music and film, the cap limit will impact on your service.

With 4mb broadband you can expect to download a five minute song in just 10 seconds, a task that would have taken 56K dial-up connections over 12 minutes to complete