Posted by Robb Briggs on Thursday, September 8, 2011
Cable internet is a type of
broadband internet wherein the user makes use of the pre-existing cable
connection to create an internet connection with a higher bandwidth.
This certain method of sourcing
an internet connection is widely used and in Europe, North and South America,
Asia and Australia.
This is a relatively new way of
connecting to the internet in a high speed. Federal communications
communication or FCC defined a broadband as an internet speed that exceeds 768
bits/ second. The downstream traffic that the cable internet can deliver can
reach up to 400 Mbit/s while an upstream traffic from a user can range from 20
to 384 Mbit/s thus qualifying the cable internet to the broadband category.
Cable internet does not tie up
with phone also thus giving the user a reasonable speed of uninterrupted
internet connection
Unlike DSL, this internet
connection is not affected by the distance from the ISP. Usually in DSL, the
connection is slowed down when the user is far from the ISP’s geographical
location. This is not the case in cable internet. Regardless of the location
and distance, cheap cable internet provides a consistent amount of speed to its user.