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Definition of broadband
1 : operating at, responsive to, or comprising a wide band of frequencies a broadband radio antenna
2 : of, relating to, or being a high-speed communications network and especially one in which a frequency range is divided into multiple independent channels for simultaneous transmission of signals (such as voice, data, or video)
broadband
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Recent Examples of broadband from the Web
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Meanwhile, anyone who still questions online dating is a dial-up dummy who needs to get with us broadband baddies.
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Well More From Consumer Reports Most municipal broadband providers are too small to make it into Consumer Reports' ratings.
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About 39% of the U.S. rural population, or 23 million people, lack access to broadband internet service, compared with 4% of urban residents.
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Alabama is among the 10 states with the least access to broadband internet service.
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The Basin is the nation’s second-largest natural gas field, and for miles in every direction, gas compressors are running more or less constantly, filling the desert with their eerie, broadband roar.
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Republicans say the Obama-era regulation discourages investment and hamstrings broadband companies.
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The government is trying to increase broadband penetration to 30 percent of the population by 2018 from 4 percent in 2013.
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Third-biggest spender Comcast's broadband capital investment increased by 19%, and Charter Communication's rose 40%, though to a much lower level.
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First Known Use of broadband
1929
BROADBAND Defined for Kids
broadband
Definition of broadband for Students
: a high-speed electronic network that carries more than one type of communication (as Internet and cable television signals)
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