The hardware that supports the Cybernet High Speed service is rated for 8 Mbps downstream, and 1 Mbps upstream data transfers. Downstream refers to data that is delivered to your computer from the Internet while upstream refers to data that is sent from your computer to the Internet. For the majority of Internet users, downstream data transfers are much greater, and more important than upstream; this is why the High Speed ADSl service may provide Internet access speeds that are as much as 100 times faster than the speed of a 28 kbps modem.