[becca77]

Can someone explain what is the difference in broadband, dsl, cable and T3?

I googled it and couldn't find anything (that I understood anyway, )

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DSL/ADSL, Cable and T3 are all forms of broadband. It just a matter of speed, as a rough guide, ADSL=20*Dial-up, Cable=100*Dial-up, T3=Blink and you'll miss it

[Kurt_Aust]

DSL/ADSL, Cable and T3 are all forms of broadband. It just a matter of speed, as a rough guide, ADSL=20*Dial-up, Cable=100*Dial-up, T3=Blink and you'll miss it

[becca77]

DSL/ADSL, Cable and T3 are all forms of broadband.  It just a matter of speed, as a rough guide, ADSL=20*Dial-up,  Cable=100*Dial-up, T3=Blink and you'll miss it

I am getting a new ISP.
How do I know what it is?

It says it is broadband -and you said that includes all of them - so I get that part.

The internet access is from my cable TV provider (adelphia) I don't have it yet, though - still waiting for my modem to arrive.

On their homepage that I ordered the service through it says high speed internet broadband and then DSL/Cable.

I am really not this dense - just on this topic. LOL
When someone asks me what kind of connection I have I want to be able to tell them without looking stupid

[brianmil0923]

Hey Becca77, Welcome to G2G

Adelphia Powerlink is a BroadBand Service that uses Cable as a transportation medium.

ADSL and Cable are broadband services aimed at the home user.

T3 is a connection method we use in the corporate world.

Here is a good definition of Broadband

[becca77]

Here is a good definition of Broadband

Thank you!!
I tried to google it and most stuff I came up with confused the heck out of me.

[dsenette]

hey becca, a good website for finding technical deffinitions is www.webopedia.com they've got a lot of usefull stuff