Not long ago, 100 Mbps was considered a premium plan. Today, the FCC uses it as the baseline for what counts as broadband. For a remote worker, that shift matters. What was a luxury five years ago is now the floor.
The good news is that 100 Mbps is genuinely enough for a solo remote worker with a normal household. It handles multiple video calls, cloud storage sync, streaming for a partner, and normal browsing without breaking a sweat. The bad news is that if you share the connection with another remote worker, kids on video school, or a serious streaming or gaming habit, 100 Mbps starts feeling tight during peak hours.
For most two-adult households where both people work remotely, 300 to 500 Mbps down is the sweet spot in 2026, ideally on fiber for the upload symmetry. If either of you does creative work with big file transfers, gigabit becomes reasonable. For a fuller framework on how to size your plan based on your household, this Ascendant guide to how many Mbps you need to work from home is useful.