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Originally Posted by ianathuth
There should be a generic name for internet supplied other than by dial-up. Why not call it broadband?
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Probably drifting away from the Tiscali hogs issues, but If I recall correctly when Broadband was first launched one of the big criteria is that it was fast enough to support media streaming at a watcheable video resolution. Many of the slowest "ADSL" services today, and the cable co's slow services too, are strictly speaking not fast enough and so should not be broadband.
I'm amazed that this broadband misconception has been allowed given trading standards, consumer organisations, etc. Perhaps they should have been called "mediumband" with "broadband" reserved for speeds of 500k and above.