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Types of Broadband
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Broadband Flavors
Wired• Digital Subscriber
Line (DSL)• Cable Modem• Leased Lines• Broadband over
Power Line (BPL)
Wireless• Satellite• 3G and 4G• Fixed Wireless• Wi-Fi
Digital Subscriber Line (DSL)
Speed
1.5–9 Mbps
Advantage
Fast!
Disadvantage
Not always available in rural areas.
Examples
Verizon, SBC
Cable Modem
Speed
1.5–12 Mbps
Advantage
Fast!
Disadvantage
Not always available in rural areas.
Examples
Comcast, AT&T
Leased Lines
Speed
1.5–40,000 Mbps
Advantage
Extremely fast!
Disadvantage
Expensive.
Examples
T-1, T-2, DS-1, DS-3, OC-3, OC-48
Broadband over Power Line (BPL)
Speed
0.25–2 Mbps
Advantage
Available in rural areas!
Disadvantage
Susceptible to electrical interference.
Unreliable.
Examples
IBEC (www.bpl.coop, www.bpldatabase.org)
Satellite
Speed
0.5–3 Mbps
Advantage
Available in rural areas!
Disadvantage
Daily/monthly download limits.
Latency—real-time Internet games and Internet phone calls are not supported.
Example
HughesNet (www.hughesnet.com)
3G and 4G (Cell Phones)
Speed
0.6–1.4 Mbps (3G)
3–10 Mbps (4G)
Advantage
Can be anywhere!
Disadvantage
Monthly download limits.
4G not available in rural areas.
Examples
Verizon, Sprint
Fixed Wireless
Speed
1–5 Mbps
Advantage
Can be anywhere!
Disadvantage
Not always available in rural areas.
Examples
Michiana Supernet (www.michianasupernet.com)
Fourway (www.fourway.net)
Wi-Fi
Speed
2.5–11 Mbps
Advantage
Can be anywhere!
Disadvantage
Range is limited to feet, not miles.
Example
IU Secure (Configuration wizards can be downloaded from iuware.iu.edu)