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|  Strange, but I can dig it
I always considered narrowband to mean <= DS0 or 64 kbps (aka 56 kbps aka 'speeds may not exceed 53 kbps due to FCC regulations').
Wideband has always meant a DS3 to me. (That's a bit under 45Mbps or 28 x 24 x 64 kbps. Don't ask where the extra bandwidth comes from. I don't wanna look that up for you.*)
Broadband covered the range in between narrowband and wideband (64 kbps >< 1.544 Mbps), which would still include 200 Kbps.
So what is the new term for DS0 >< DS1:
Not-so-narrowband or Not-quite-broadband?
* See »www.dfs.org/digital.html for a sweet chart on the digital hierarchy.
Another definition of broadband:
»searchtelecom.techtarget.com/sDe···,00.html |
