broadband network
Fast data highway
A broadband network is a high-speed telecommunications system capable of transmitting large amounts of data simultaneously across multiple channels.
The term distinguishes these networks from older, slower dial-up connections: The office upgraded to a broadband network last year.
Broadband networks carry internet, television, and phone services, often through cable, fiber optic, or wireless infrastructure.
- fiberPlant-based digestive aid
- fiber opticLight-based data transmission
- internetInterconnected computer systems
- routerPacket-forwarding network device
- modemDigital-to-analog signal converter
high speed internet · streaming · streaming service · download · download speed · connection · wireless · speed · latency · upload · upload speed · WiFi · cable · DSL · gigabit · ISP · signal · data
- infrastructurehighways, road construction, railway expansion, power grid, roads
broadband networkdial-up
Phone-line internet connection
narrowband · dial-up connection · dial-up internet · 56k modem · slow internet
broad, band, work, broader, broadest, broadly, broaden, broadened, broadening