We're still not there yet. The biggest move in the past few years has been the move away from the desktop. Yeah, it's still the most common way of surfing the web but right now, the mobile market lead by smartphones and tablets is the biggest money spinner.

The infrastructure is getting there but it's still a slow process.

In regards to web hosting, it's still not there yet. The masses either have no need to use it and those on the borderline now have Facebook and Twitter to cater for their ramblings.

The faster internet all depends on where you are located in the U.S. Some of the smaller towns or cities broadband hasn't reached yet. Fast internet is an amazing thing, you can get so much more done!

As the growing competitions the companies are working hard to provide advance high-quality hosting services at a most reasonable price.

I must admit the bandwidth and hardware has increased rapidly and still are. For instance we have fiber that can handle large amounts of data/bandwidth but our routers are not quite there yet. In my town our provider (Cox) is about to start offering 50mbps (Download) and 10mbps (Upload) for residential! I'm not talking about business line.. That's smokin!!

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Rural connectivity is still one of the major issues that plagues the infrastructure of America. That doesn't even take into consideration the world market that still lacks any connectivity. The only place to go in this niche is up. More users, faster speeds and more access to more information will be the future.

Web hosting, in our opinion, is becoming a commodity especially among the small business market, as the OP pointed out, its becoming very simple to create a website and get online.

While internet connections are getting faster and faster, we still try to focus on optimising our customers websites for the search engines, but also for speed as well, which Google has been measuring in WMT for some time.

We find its the overall experience for the customer, as to whether or not they do business with a company, so if our clients website isn't performing and converting, then we're not performing.

The reason I say this is important is not everyone in the world, and like others mentioned, even in parts of the US, UK and Australia, internet connections are still poor, though are heavily relied upon.

Mobile website development was a godsend for the web development and hosting industry, as it taught us all to go back to basics, with lite websites which boast core functionality, with no bells and whistles the customer didn't need.

Despite the majority of internet connections in major areas developing at a rapid rate, there are still 56k dial-up connections about, which should be considered when developing a website.

Do you really think that webhosting in 21 Century will be targeted on higher connection speeds? I think that it will be developing in "unlimited" features providing and more management free features for vps/dedi users

Broadband has developed so far that each home now can have a 100MB upload. (limited to location) but having this option is fantastic. This is the 21st century and speed to this day for web development theoretically should never be factor anymore but still is.

I agree with BestHost about no matter what the speed is, uptime is what matters.

It is my understanding that uptime will be 100%( or very near) with cloud connectivity. Correct me if I am wrong(I am still updating my cloud knowledge bank). If uptime is conquered then do most still think that connection speeds will be the prevalent concern?

Connection speeds do matter depending on your targeted prospect base. While I may have a 16Mbps connection at home, lots of rural areas are still locked into 56k modems, or DSL. Download speeds do matter, and more than just on Google ranking.

That would be something. My wife and I are both haandicaped and cannot get out. We purchase most everything via the web now.

New technology has boosted the world

I want to ask that what local speed a local person is having now a days

I want to ask that what local speed a local person is having now a days and what cheapest hosting rates people are offering ?