Broadband

How it is used

Used by operators, regulators and customers: broadband packages, fixed broadband, mobile broadband, broadband speeds. In the UK, 'broadband' is the everyday word for a home internet connection. Regulators publish statistics on broadband subscribers and coverage.

Example sentences

1. Fixed broadband subscriptions grew by 8% last year, mostly thanks to fibre.

2. Most of our customers in the region still get their broadband over copper lines.

Common collocations

• fixed broadband
• mobile broadband
• broadband connection
• broadband speed
• broadband provider

Related terms

• ISPShort for internet service provider: a company that sells internet access to homes and businesses, usually over fibre, DSL, cable or mobile networks.
• FTTHShort for fibre to the home: a broadband setup in which optical fibre runs all the way to the customer's home, instead of ending at a street cabinet and continuing over copper.
• last mileThe final part of a telecom network that connects the operator's local exchange or street cabinet to the customer's building; it is often the slowest and most expensive part to build.
• bandwidthThe maximum amount of data a connection can carry in a given time, usually measured in megabits or gigabits per second (Mbps, Gbps).
• modemA device that converts digital data into signals that can travel over telephone, cable TV or mobile networks, and converts incoming signals back; the name comes from modulator-demodulator.

More terms: Telecom Operators and Services

• SLA
• spectrum
• carrier
• backbone
• MPLS
• provision
• NOC