Thursday, June 12, 2008

Boardband =]

1. What is broadband?
Term used for any kind of fast interent access

2. What units are used to measure bandwidth?
kbit/s

3. How much faster is broadband than dial up?
Generally 10-20 times faster

4. What are the speeds that broadband operates at compared to dial up?
Dial-up modem operates at either 28.8 kbit/s or 56 kbit/s.
Broadband connection operates at between 256 kbit/s and 10 Mbit/s.

5. What are some of the advantages of using a broadband connection to download something like a video compared to dial up?
Boardband will allow you to download the vidio very fast, while dial up will take its time downloading the vidio very slowly.

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