Here’s how much internet bandwidth you actually need to work from home
The FCC's coverage map shows how many internet provider options exist for different parts of the country. Many locations have one cable provider and rely on more niche satellite options beyond that. (FCC/)Working from home is often more complicated than it sounds. When your job consists mostly of typing away on your laptop and fending off a never-ending parade of Slack messages, it seems easy enough to do it from just about anywhere. But in reality, not every home is set up to double as a workplace.Internet services typically require minimum connection requirements, whether you actually know about them or not. Netflix, for instance, requires a connection of 25 Mbps if you want to stream its highest-quality content and a bare minimum of just 3 Mbps if you want to stream anything at all. Once you start taking more meetings from home, it’s no longer about whether you’re going to...