Broadband internet access - Surfing and downloading at higher speed

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The term broadband refers to a telecommunications signal or device of greater bandwidth with at least 256 Kbps (Kilobits per second) than another standard or usual signal or device. Prior to the invention of home broadband internet connections, dial-up internet was the only mean by which one could access the internet to download songs, movies, or send e-mails. It took up about 10-30 minutes to download one song of 3.5 megabytes (MB) and over 28 hours to download a movie of 700MB. With the arrival of broadband internet access, downloading times reduced considerably as it was more than ten times faster than dial-up...

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• Assisted by: Edward R. Miller-Jones (Editor), Edwar R Miller-Jones (Editor), Edward R Miller-Jones (Editor)
• Publisher: FastBook Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.08.2012
• EAN: 9786130139919
• ISBN: 978-613-0-13991-9
• No. of pages: 132
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > Data communication, networks