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Introduction to Broadband. Learning Objectives. Give a general description of what broadband is Explain several types of broadband services Describe issues associated with broadband services. What is Broadband?.
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Learning Objectives • Give a general description of what broadband is • Explain several types of broadband services • Describe issues associated with broadband services.
What is Broadband? The term broadband refers to a telecommunications signal of greater bandwidth than another standard or usual signal.
Definition of Broadband • No formal definition. • FCC National Broadband Plan: • 100 million households • 100 Mbit/s connections
Types of Broadband • Telecommunication • DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) • Internet Cable Service • Ethernet • Power-line communication • Video • Other Internet Connections
Telecommunications:Frequency • Relative frequencies using light as an example:
Broadband and HealthcareSpeed Test: http://www.broadband.gov/qualitytest/about/
Broadband and HealthcareHealthcare: www.broadband.gov/issues/healthcare.html
More Resources • "National Broadband Plan - Download the Plan." The National Broadband Plan: Connecting America. Web. 15 July 2011. <http://www.broadband.gov/download-plan/>. • What every engineer should know about data communications. Carl StephenClifton - M. Dekker - 1987 • The Cable/broadband communications book. Mary Louise.Hollowell - Knowledge Industry Publications – 1983 • Inquiry Concerning the Deployment of Advanced Telecommunications Capability to All Americans in a Reasonable and Timely Fashion, and Possible Steps to Accelerate Such Deployment Pursuant to Section 706 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, as Amended by the Broadband Data Improvement Act". GN Docket No. 10-159, FCC-10-148A1. Federal Communications Commission. August 6, 2010. Retrieved July 12, 2011
Learning Objectives • Give a general description of what broadband is • Explain several types of broadband services • Describe issues associated with broadband services.
Instructor Information • Walt Dundore • walt@dundore.org