Broadband modem

Hello!

Broadband is the name given to any fast, permanent internet connection. It can be delivered by cable, satellite, mobile, fibre optics and ADSL (the most popular way).

When the internet revolution began, users accessed the net via dial-up and a ‘modem’ - a piece of hardware that converts signals from your computer so they can travel down a telephone line, and vice-versa (a modem is a bit like an interpreter who translates back and forth between two languages).

As anyone who used to go online this way will know, it could be painfully slow – and it tied up your phone line.

The difference between dial-up and broadband is like the difference between a country lane and a motorway. Replace a single band with separate bands for uploading, downloading and voice - and you speed up traffic many times over. Instead of one, narrow band you get a broader band – hence ‘broadband’.

Thanks!

Dear user,

A mobile broadband modem is a type of modem that allows a personal computer or a router to receive Internet access via a mobile broadband connection instead of using telephone or cable television lines.

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