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tschmidt
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Re: What is broadband?

The term as used in computer speak is grossly abused.

In reality it has nothing to do with bits per second rather the width of the channel in Hertz. But I digress.

There really ought to be another term coined that denotes channel speed in bits per second.

/Tom
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Time4aNAP
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* IBM Dictionary of Computing: A broadband channel is "6 MHz wide."
LOL...I'm going to see what's on the broadband tube...
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BIGMIKE
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 Various definers of broadband have assigned a minimum data rate to the term. Here are a few:

* Newton's Telecom Dictionary: "...greater than a voice grade line of 3 KHz...some say [it should be at least] 20 KHz."
* Jupiter Communications: at least 256 Kbps.
* IBM Dictionary of Computing: A broadband channel is "6 MHz wide."
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