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The UK has long been the slow coach of the developed world, just look at our roads. So it's no surprise that whilst the US has the super highway: we have the Reliant Robin.

To redress this, and strike a balance between cost and acceptable speed, we will look at these broadband solutions:

satellite broadband

adsl

 

gen up on the jargon
Bandwidth rate of data transfer: 56kilobits [56k] per second is the theoretical max on an ordinary telephone line, whilst broadband is normally above 200k
Broadband A permanent 'always on' connection to the internet using high speed data transfer
Dial-up analogue connection to the internet established by the modem dialling the number of an ISP
ISP Internet Service Provider [eg Demon]
narrowband analogue connection to the internet [below 56k]
  For a jargon-fest, go to the massive definitions site at: www.sjgl.co.uk/glossary-of-terms.htm

 

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