At Gina Millsap’s home in Shawnee County, fast and reliable internet speed isn’t the norm. Millsap, CEO of the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library, said she pays about $80 a month for 5 megabits per second of download speed and 1 Mbps of upload speed — but she doesn’t usually get that. “I measure mine because I used to do IT,” Millsap said, “and I’ve never gotten more than 2.5 (Mbps). That’s enough to stream — most of the time — but there are times when I’m getting less than two, I’m getting close to one.” When her speed drops below 2.5 Mbps, she said, she isn’t able to stream videos and other media. And since she has become a “hybrid” worker — along with many people who have adjusted to at least part-time remote work during the coronavirus pandemic — that broadband speed, or lack thereof, can make her job difficult.
Source: Local News | Topeka Capital-Journal
