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On Thu, 5 Jul 2001, Roeland Meyer wrote: > Broadband isn't a speed, it's a signaling architecture. The alternative is > baseband. Ethernet is baseband. Broadcast radio is broadband. Now that you > have the two competing terms, please see your friendly neighborhood search > engine (PSYFNSE). Though, to be fair, a lot of people have coopted the term "broadband." You and I know that broadband is defined in the 802 series of specs as a way to run ethernet over an analog cable system. But... the cable companies would have you believe that it means "the fastest thing going" and the telcos would have you believe that DSL is "broadband." Miles ************************************************************************** The Center for Civic Networking PO Box 600618 Miles R. Fidelman, President & Newtonville, MA 02460-0006 Director, Municipal Telecommunications Strategies Program 617-558-3698 fax: 617-630-8946 [email protected] http://civic.net/ccn.html Information Infrastructure: Public Spaces for the 21st Century Let's Start With: Internet Wall-Plugs Everywhere Say It Often, Say It Loud: "I Want My Internet!" **************************************************************************
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