American downstream broadband connections average about 2.1 Mbps, about 20 times the speed of a typical dial-up connection, according to Jupiter figures mentioned in a PaidContent piece. Cable connections average 2.7 Mbps, and DSL connections average 1.2 Mbps. That difference is significant, as the delivery of video and other rich content often requires higher bandwidth to delivery quality roughly equivalent to what people see on television. The biggest weakness, as pointed out by the PaidContent piece, is the upstream capability. Users can send their own materials back up the connection at much slower speeds, often deliberately-set speed limits that ISPs legislate to prevent people from setting up their own servers and becoming what the ISPs would consider bandwidth hogs.