What is the download speed while online gaming?
It depends on the multiplayer game.
Some games are happy with less than 1 KB/s in both directions.
Some games upload at about 10-25 KB/s (basically they send to the server your position in the game and keys pressed, mouse movement) but receive more information from the server (20-100 KB/s) because the server sends updates about the position of all players on the map and other things.
The traffic of most games is usually very small, latency is more important. Connections that are limited to low speeds usually also have high latencies, so it's a good idea to have a decent internet connection, something like at least 1-4 mbps, for smaller latency.
Some games even tell you how much traffic they make. For example, in source games like Half-Life 2 or Left 4 Dead 1/2 , you can simply open the developer console and type net_graph 1 (or 2 or 3, but 1 shows basic info, enough for your needs)
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