Broadband
is a telecommunication technology through
which a wide band of frequencies is available
to transmit information and data. With the
help of this technology information can
be multiplexed and sent on many different
frequencies or channels within the band
concurrently, so that the data transmission
speed is much higher. Digital Subscriber
Line (DSL) and cable TV are a kind of broadband
services only.
On the basis
of data transfer rate, various definitions
have been given, some of these are:
- 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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