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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

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Digital Subscriber Line (DSL)

Speed

1.5–9 Mbps

Advantage

Fast!

Disadvantage

Not always available in rural areas.

Examples

Verizon, SBC

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Cable Modem

Speed

1.5–12 Mbps

Advantage

Fast!

Disadvantage

Not always available in rural areas.

Examples

Comcast, AT&T

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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

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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)

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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)

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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

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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)

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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)