Good afternoon, I personally believe its great we are finally getting good speeds and reduction (finally) of INTERNET prices in Nairobi (and hopefully the rest of Kenya & the wider EAC market). However, I would like to pose a question to the members of this list. Almost every ISP in the land is marketing their service as "*broadband*" hence my question. What are the benchmark performance metrics that qualify a service as broadband? Food for thought. -- Best regards, Victor Maina. No such thing as being lucky, you always make your own luck. Anonymous
I guess "broadband" has been converted to a market term for Internet. On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 12:30 PM, Victor Maina <vmaina@gmail.com> wrote:
Good afternoon,
I personally believe its great we are finally getting good speeds and reduction (finally) of INTERNET prices in Nairobi (and hopefully the rest of Kenya & the wider EAC market). However, I would like to pose a question to the members of this list.
Almost every ISP in the land is marketing their service as "*broadband*" hence my question. What are the benchmark performance metrics that qualify a service as broadband?
Food for thought.
-- Best regards, Victor Maina.
No such thing as being lucky, you always make your own luck. Anonymous
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from the definition of 3G, 800 kbps. other media, 1mbps -- with Regards: Why you should not mind your own business, Find out at: http://gramware.blogspot.com
2009/12/9 Dennis Kioko <dmbuvi@gmail.com>
from the definition of 3G, 800 kbps. other media, 1mbps
This is the definition of Broadband, from netlingo.com This term was originally considered a very technical term, but now most people are aware of it and even, to a certain degree, know what it means.
From a layman's point of view, "broadband" refers to the two main types of high-speed <http://www.netlingo.com/word/high-speed.php> Internet service: DSL <http://www.netlingo.com/word/dsl.php> (which you get from the phone company) or a cable <http://www.netlingo.com/word/coaxial-cable.php>connection (which you get from the cable company). There is also a third type of broadband connection called fiber optic<http://www.netlingo.com/word/fiber-optic-or-fiber-optics.php>(which can deliver TV channels as well as the Internet).
Technically speaking, broadband is a high-speed<http://www.netlingo.com/word/high-speed.php>, high-capacity data transmission channel<http://www.netlingo.com/word/channel.php>that sends and receives information on coaxial cable <http://www.netlingo.com/word/coaxial-cable.php> or fiber-optic<http://www.netlingo.com/word/fiber-optic-or-fiber-optics.php>cable (which has a wider bandwidth <http://www.netlingo.com/word/bandwidth.php> than conventional telephone lines), giving it the ability to carry video, voice, and data simultaneously. As the definition suggests, broadband is primarily used to send different types of signals simultaneously, using the same FDM (Frequency Division Multiplexing) technique used for cable TV. In theory, broadband makes possible a whole new set of Internet applications<http://www.netlingo.com/word/broadband.php#>, such as streaming <http://www.netlingo.com/word/stream-or-streaming.php>video, due to speeds up to 20 times as fast as conventional modems <http://www.netlingo.com/word/modem.php>. It is measured in kilobits, megabits, or gigabits per second. All broadband service providers aim for the fastest speed. Faster speeds are clocked as megabits per second (or Mbps<http://www.netlingo.com/word/mbps.php>). *(Note: these terms end in bit, not byte; the latter ending is normally used as measure of storage capacity, not speed.)* For example, one megabit equals 1,000 kilobits, so a DSL line that tops out at 768 kilobits per second isn't nearly as fast as one that registers three megabits per second. Historical perspective: eMarketer estimates that by 2012 there will be over 533 million broadband households worldwide, of which 94.3 million will be in the U.S. A good percentage of these broadband subscribers will also be subscribing to a bundle of services including voice-over Internet protocol (VoIP) and Internet protocol TV (IPTV). As a result, and particularly outside the U.S., the term “broadband†is quickly moving beyond just connoting Internet access <http://www.netlingo.com/word/broadband.php#>. *See also *: cable modem <http://www.netlingo.com/word/cable-modem.php> IPTV <http://www.netlingo.com/word/iptv.php> narrowband<http://www.netlingo.com/word/narrowband.php> bandwidth <http://www.netlingo.com/word/bandwidth.php> VoIP<http://www.netlingo.com/word/voip.php>
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On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 12:30 PM, Victor Maina <vmaina@gmail.com> wrote:
Good afternoon,
I personally believe its great we are finally getting good speeds and reduction (finally) of INTERNET prices in Nairobi (and hopefully the rest of Kenya & the wider EAC market). However, I would like to pose a question to the members of this list. Almost every ISP in the land is marketing their service as "broadband" hence my question. What are the benchmark performance metrics that qualify a service as broadband? Food for thought. -- Best regards, Victor Maina.
Also asked "What is Broadband?" four+ years ago at <http://www.isoc.or.ke/> referring to 'What You Should Know About Internet Broadband Access' by Enrique De Argaez, Editor, Internetworldstats.com. But then again, with lots of advertisement billions, it is my experience that steakholders can "re-define" broadband among unsuspecting publics :( regards, Alex
As regards, to EAC definition of broadband, I think its only Uganda that has it defined it to be 256Kb per connection in 2009, doubling each year...this is according to Dr. Turahi's presentation during the EA-IGF 2009. http://www.eaigf.or.ke/images/EAIGF/2009/Access_to_broadband_Uganda.pdf <http://www.eaigf.or.ke/images/EAIGF/2009/Access_to_broadband_Uganda.pdf>Kind Regards, On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 6:09 AM, Gakuru Alex <alexgakuru.lists@gmail.com>wrote:
On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 12:30 PM, Victor Maina <vmaina@gmail.com> wrote:
Good afternoon,
I personally believe its great we are finally getting good speeds and reduction (finally) of INTERNET prices in Nairobi (and hopefully the rest of Kenya & the wider EAC market). However, I would like to pose a question to the members of this list. Almost every ISP in the land is marketing their service as "broadband" hence my question. What are the benchmark performance metrics that qualify a service as broadband? Food for thought. -- Best regards, Victor Maina.
Also asked "What is Broadband?" four+ years ago at <http://www.isoc.or.ke/> referring to 'What You Should Know About Internet Broadband Access' by Enrique De Argaez, Editor, Internetworldstats.com. But then again, with lots of advertisement billions, it is my experience that steakholders can "re-define" broadband among unsuspecting publics :(
regards,
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