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[|Deisy Rodriguez]

**Broadband**  **Definition:** Of or using signals over a wide range of frequencies in high-capacity [|telecommunications]. Especially used for access to internet. (Source: [|www.dictionary.com] ) Broadband access is one of the most important issues for telecom equipment manufacturers, content and technology providers, and cable and fixed wireless operators. Any operator that fails to announce and implement a broadband strategy, including providers serving rural communities, will suffer consumer defections and a decline in retention rates for both business and residential customers. The pervasive influence of the [|Internet], combined with the introduction of many Internet-ready appliances, has fueled demand for broadband access. The wider (or broader) the [|bandwidth] of a channel, the greater the information-carrying capacity, given the same channel quality. The type of transmission in a channel is a single medium which can carry several channels at once. For example, cable TV uses broadband transmission which allows it to carry many channels. Broadband became a marketing buzzword for telephone and cable companies to sell their more expensive higher data rate products, especially for Internet access. Telephone companies found out that selling broadband with cellphones creates more profit for them since the customer will buy the package if they wish to have the phone. In the US National Broadband Plan of 2009, it was defined as "Internet access that is always on and faster than the traditional dial-up access." The same agency has defined it differently through the years.

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media type="googlemap" key="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&gl=us&ctz=360&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=203840204193888585436.0004b800be786ddd1c4b0&safe=on&ll=37.955886,23.836155&spn=0.039467,0.219962&t=m&output=embed" width="425" height="350" This is a map of the future trip that I would love to take to Athens one day!