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www.ConnectingCommunities.info Types of Broadband Adapted from:
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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)www.bpl.coopwww.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)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)www.michianasupernet.com Fourway (www.fourway.net)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)iuware.iu.edu
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