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Sometimes called a transceiver, an access point both receives and transmits information from a remote location. Access points serve those with a wireless connection (WLAN) and can serve many users at once usually.

Refers to different kinds of high-speed Internet connections, such as cable, DSL and satellite

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The process of transmitting data from multiple remote points to a central telecommunications backbone (e.g. from country telephone exchanges to a major city or international Internet gateway). Also called the 'middle mile'.

The speed at which data is transmitted.

Includes three interlocking components: 1. the backbone infrastructure to transport data around the country and the world ('first mile'); 2. the network that connects towns or regions to the backbone infrastructure ('middle mile' or 'backhaul'); and 3. access to end users that connect households and businesses (often referred to as the 'last mile' or 'local loop').

Pay TV cable can also provide high speed broadband.

Connection to the internet via a telephone line; very slow speeds; preceded broadband.

Digital Subscriber Line - phone companies can provide high speed broadband.

A device that allows computer information to be sent over a phone line, DSL, or cable.

Data transmitted via a satellite to a receiving dish, then to a connected computer.

Short for 'Wireless Fidelity' and is a set of standards for wireless local area networks.

Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access: a wireless technology that provides high speed broadband connections over long distances.