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Broadband is a term that is used consistently with different types of internet connections. Broadband in telecommunications means a wide range of frequencies that are available to transmit information. This ultimately means that the wider the range of frequencies available, the high the amount of information that can be sent at one given time. For an easy way to picture a broadband internet connection compared to a narrowband internet connection, think of a highway.

Wireless broadband allows connection to the internet at high speed without the need for wires and can allow more that one user to access the internet from the same connection. Wireless broadband allows access from anywhere in the household (within the routers range). Wireless broadband can be password protected to stop others accessing your connection. A wireless router is required.

How Wireless Broadband Works 
The type of wireless broadband most often used by businesses to link facilities at different addresses is a local multipoint distribution system (LMDS). It has a total bandwidth of 1.3GHz, which is achieved by sending data short distances in the microwave frequencies of the 27.5GHz-to-31.3GHz radio spectrum.

A router is a device that forwards data packets along networks. A router is connected to at least two networks, commonly two LANs or WANs or a LAN and its ISP's network. Routers are located at gateways, the places where two or more networks connect, and are the critical device that keeps data flowing between networks and keeps the networks connected to the Internet. When data is sent between locations on one network or from one network to a second network the data is always seen and directed to the correct location by the router. They accomplish his by using headers and forwarding tables to determine the best path for forwarding the data packets, and they use protocols such as ICMP to communicate with each other and configure the best route between any two hosts.
The Internet itself is a global network connecting millions of computers and smaller networks — so you can see how crucial the role of a router is to our way of communicating and computing.

ADSL2+ is the next generation of ADSL broadband offering much higher download speeds at distances further from the telephone exchange. Regular ADSL broadband in Australia has download speeds between 256Kbps and a maximum theoretical speed of 8000Kbps with upload speeds of between 64Kbps and 384 Kbps. ADSL2+ offers maximum theoretical download speeds in excess of 20Mbps (megabits per second) with upload speeds of up to 1Mbps, though actual speeds will be less due to many factors including your distance from the exchange, line quality and length, interference, network configuration, traffic and equipment. ADSL2+ speeds are typically much faster than regular ADSL. The vast majority of ADSL2+ users will achieve download speeds over 10Mbps and a small percentage of users with the optimal combination of physical parameters & equipment could achieve speeds upwards of 20Mbps.

Naked Digital Subscriber Line or naked DSL is broadband Internet service without telephone service, targeting people who have foregone landlines for mobile phones. Also called dry loop, dry loop, or unbundled DSL, naked DSL makes affordable, high-speed Internet available to all Telco customers. Naked DSL costs a little more than its bundled cousin, but can still be cheaper than cable Internet alternatives.

DSL (Digital Subscriber Line), also referred as xDSL (x stands for different DSL techniques), is a group of technologies that provide high-speed Internet access, by using the ordinary telephone lines. It converts the ordinary telephone line into a high-speed passage for digital audio, video and data. DSL technology is widely used for business and personal purpose. The technology is simple as the setup required for network already exists. It does not keep the telephone line busy as is the case in the Internet access used in the Dial-up connection.

What is ADSL broadband?
ADSL Stands for
Asymmetric
Digital
Subscriber
Line

ADSL Broadband is a high-speed Internet service (up to 140 times faster than dial up Internet) which uses an existing telephone line to connect to the Internet. ADSL1 is the most widely available type which is up to 140 times faster than dial up Internet. ADSL2+ can be much faster again and is the popular choice in areas that are ADSL2+ enabled.

The various types of broadband connection are as follows:

ADSL (Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line)
ADSL is one of the most popular types of broadband used and is delivered through the existing BT telephone by using a special router or modem. It helps in receiving and making calls, using the same single telephone line, even when the internet is in use. While employing a ADSL connection, it is essential to fit small devices called microfilters, to all the telephone sockets. These filters help in clearing the voice calls and preventing the ADSL signal from interfering with the voice calls.

Sharing a broadband connection using Microsoft Internet Connection Sharing

Description
Microsoft Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) enables a computer connected to the Internet via a cable or DSL modem to share its connection with other computers connected to it. It is cheap because of its minimal hardware requirements and fairly straight forward to set up. However it is only suitable for situations with limited requirements.
Microsoft Internet Connection Sharing is software built into Microsoft Windows 98 SE, Windows 98 ME, Windows XP and Windows 2000. ICS enables a computer connected to the Internet via a cable or DSL modem to share its connection with other computers connected to it via Ethernet cable.
The network can be set up in two ways, depending on the number of computers that need to share the connection.