When I were 't lad, 'Broadband' was a technical term that meant simply a telecommunication medium that allowed a wide range of frequencies you could multiplex multiple channels down simultaneously. :-) Some other definitions: 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." Tannenbaum: "Broadband is used largely as a marketing rather than a technical term" [referring to DSL technology]
-----Original Message----- From: Richard Naylor [mailto:richard.naylor(a)citylink.co.nz] Sent: Monday, 9 February 2004 22:34 To: nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz Subject: Re: [nznog] New Telecom Jetstream Plans Leaked?
At 07:48 p.m. 9/02/2004 +1300, James White wrote:
Where does this idea that 256K is broadband come from?
I thought it was something set by Telecom?
who ever "set" it is crazy. Its anything above 2mbps. Before "broadband", you could get a 2mbps cct, so for the "new" thing it has to be better. Hence 2+ mbps, and in my thinking only really kicks in around 30mbps.
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