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nonner9
join:2005-10-14
Charlotte, NC | Re: Yeah but I like it 128kb is the definition of broadband given by some gov't agency (fcc maybe?) | |
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Karl Bode
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join:2000-03-02 | Re: Yeah but I like it FCC's definition is 200kbps... | |
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cdru
Go Colts
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join:2003-05-14
Fort Wayne, IN
| If you want to consider the technical definition, 56k dial up is broadband because it uses a "broad" range of frequencies. Similarly, FiOS data isn't technically broadband as it uses a fixed frequency (although it can carry multiple frequencies at the same time, it only uses one for data).
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join:2005-05-20
| Re: Yeah but I like it said by cdru  :If you want to consider the technical definition, 56k dial up is broadband because it uses a "broad" range of frequencies. Similarly, FiOS data isn't technically broadband as it uses a fixed frequency (although it can carry multiple frequencies at the same time, it only uses one for data). Wow! - that was, well... reaching. | |
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cdru
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join:2003-05-14
Fort Wayne, IN
| Re: Yeah but I like it said by fiberguy :said by cdru :If you want to consider the technical definition, 56k dial up is broadband because it uses a "broad" range of frequencies. Similarly, FiOS data isn't technically broadband as it uses a fixed frequency (although it can carry multiple frequencies at the same time, it only uses one for data). Wow! - that was, well... reaching. I'm not going to argue with that. And I'd never argue that 56K was broadband or FiOS isn't. I was just tossing my .02 worth into the argument as to "what's broadband?" debate.
One of the strict TECHNICAL definition of broadband is the transmission of data across multiple frequencies. Ever heard of 10broad36 as compared to 10baseT? One uses a range of frequencies (broad) and one uses a single (base). But both still transmit at 10mbits.
But over time the definition has morphed into other meanings, that, while maybe stretching what the original definition meant, basically indicates a high speed internet connection. But just saying "high speed" still is still arbitrary as shimonmor pointed out above.
Me personally, I say anything faster then 128K ISDN can be considered broadband. And it probably wouldn't take much to convince me that it could be raised to 256k these days.
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