Broadband Internet access,
often
shortened to "broadband Internet" or just "broadband",
is
a high data-transmission rate internet connection. DSL and cable
modem, both popular consumer broadband technologies, are
typically
capable of transmitting 256 kilobits per second or
more, starting
at approximately four times the speed of a modem
using a standard digital telephone line.
Broadband is often called high-speed Internet,
because it
usually has a high rate of data. In general, any connection to the
customer of 256 kbit/s (0.256 Mbit/s) or more is considered broadband
Internet. The International
Telecommunication Union Standardization Sector (ITU-T)
recommendation I.113 has defined broadband as a transmission capacity
that is faster than primary rate ISDN,
at 1.5
to 2 Mbit/s. The FCC
definition of broadband is 200 kbit/s (0.2 Mbit/s) in one direction,
and advanced broadband is at least 200 kbit/s in both directions. The OECD
has defined broadband as 256 kbit/s in at least one direction and this
bit rate is the most common baseline that is marketed as "broadband"
around the world. There is no specific bitrate
defined by the industry, however, and "broadband"
can mean lower-bitrate transmission methods. Some Internet Service Providers
(ISPs) use this
to their
advantage in marketing lower-bitrate connections as broadband.
source - Broadband Internet access.
(2006, August 30). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia.
Retrieved August 30, 2006, from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadband_Internet_access
Wi-Fi Zone
defines
broadband as at least a 256Mbps upload bandwidth.
Hence, dial-up, ISDN, and IDSL are not offerings which Hautspot
considers for its hotspot and hotzone deployments.