1. What
is broadband?
Broadband is the term used for any kind of fast Internet access. Broadband is designed to give a business or residential user instant Internet access 24 hours a day. Broadband's high speed gives you access to applications that are very slow.2. What units are used to measure bandwidth?
Bits or Bytes
3. How much faster is broadband than dial up?
4. What are the speeds that broadband operates at compared to dial up?
5. What are some of the
advantages of using a broadband connection to download something like a video
compared to dial up?
The advantages are that it can:
- allow you to transfer large files of text or
graphics at high speeds,
- allow you to transfer large files of text or graphics at high speeds,
- give you instant access to web pages,
- allow employees to telecommute,
- link several computers to the Internet through the same connection,
- make videoconferencing faster, smoother and more practical,
- save money by allowing a business to rationalise and centralise its servers.
- It's always on. As long as your computer is switched on you can be connected to the Internet. This means that you do not waste time dialing up and waiting for your modem to connect you to the Internet every time you go online.
- Your phone line is not tied up while using the
Internet. Therefore there is no need to pay for a second phone line.
- There are no additional dial-up charges to connect
each time you use the service.
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