Is Broadband to Stay?

By: Adam White

It’s fast and makes surfing the internet so much easier. If you don’t use broadband then you should. Take a look at what broadband is and how it works.

Broadband normally means a high-speed internet connection. The American Federal Communications Commission (FCC) defines a broadband service as “data transmission speeds exceeding 200 kilobits per second (Kbps), or 200,000 bits per second, in at least one direction: downstream or upstream.”

An upstream internet connection is when content is sent from your computer to the internet whereas a downstream internet connection is when content is sent from the internet back to your computer.

If you have ever surfed the net using a dial up internet connection and then moved to broadband, as I have, you will be impressed at the increase in speed.

This is because broadband sends data in a different form thus allowing more data to be carried through the channel.

High speed internet connection allows you to access the new internet services, like VoIP phone, other interactive services, streaming media. most of these new technologies need to ship huge quantities of data which could not have be done with dial-up service.

Thus, a broadband connection will be increasingly necessary to access the entire collection of services and opportunities that the Internet has on offer.

A great thing about broadband is that it does not tie up your phone line and there is no need to reconnect to network after logging off.

Broadband includes several different technologies. These technologiescomprise Digital Subscriber Line (DSL); Satellite; Fiber; Wireless; Cable Modem; Broadband over Powerlines (BPL).

Which broadband service you select will depend on a number of factors. Including availability; whether you live in an urban or rural community; how the broadband internet access is packaged with other services (like VoIP and cell phone); cost.

Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) refers to a technology that sends data over your copper telephone lines already at your house. It is quicker then a dial-up service but it’s availability and speed will depend on the distance of your telephone exchange from your house.

DSL includes Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) which generally provides faster speedin the downstream direction than the upstream direction.

Cable Modem sends data through the same coaxial cables that delivers pictures and sound to your television.

Users of cable can access their cable modem and still watch cable television at the same time. Data speeds vary depending on the cable network; type of cable modem; traffic load but are comparable to DSL.

Fiber optic technology converts electrical signals carrying data into light. It then sends the light through transparent glass fibers about the diameter of a human hair.

Fiber optic technology sends data at ten to one hundred times faster than DSL or cable.

Wireless broadband connects your home to the internet using a radio link between an external antenna on your homeand the service provider’s facility. Wireless broadband can be mobile or fixed. Speeds are generally comparable to cable and DSL.

Satellite broadband is another form of wireless broadband. The speed of data transfer is generally not as fast as cable and DSL but 10 time quicker than dial-up.

Broadband over Powerline (BPL) is the transmission of data over your existing low and medium voltage electric power line system. The transmission speeds of BPL are comparable to cable and DSL.

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Adam White

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