iamaboringperson wrote:
I'm sure I'm not the only one who noticed this.
Why do so many people and companies (and government organizations etc.) use the term 'Broadband' incorrectly ?
They use it when they refer to:
-ISDN
-xDSL (eg ADSL)
-T1, T3, E1 etc.
-Sattelite internet access
In fact, it's used in place of just about any form of WAN cabling technology other than 'POTS'
And broadband is analogue, not digital. So why do so many still call it digital?
This is like the CD-ROM crap from so long ago... there is no 'ROM' in a CD!!!
:pissed:
emmm
firstly, don't say sattelite technology, that comes into a space of it's own :-) if you want to chat about that, please prepare yourself for a looooooooong post :-D
secondly, i agree...
it REALLY pisses me off when people say broadband and i go, you mean ADSL? and they go, emmm....wat?
thridly, the cd thing is even more annoyin with dvd's
it used to be a hyphen, between dvd-rw, and now they started saying dvd+rw which happens to be dvd-ram :-? :-? will there be a dvd+ram
:-x :-x :-x
having a slightly more techinal end to the post :-D
"Broadband" (adsl) is actually bery narrow band. although people like to think it's very fast because it is.........compared to a 56kbps modem. but we all know xbox (crud :lol: ) and ps2 (yey :-D ) will have online gaming. Soon (2006) every house will have to have a 2mbps line, just to play those games online!
and of course adsl is not digital, plug your phone into an adsl line and you hear the same KSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH sound :-) digital (correct me if i'm wrong) starts when you get optical fibres :-) first you get infrared, then laser, then ultra violet for the inter-university connections
one more thing...
anyone ever used vdsl or sdsl?
cheers
