Changes: Broadband infrastructure

Revision as of 06:20, 25 August 2019

Definition

Broadband infrastructure refers to

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networks of deployed telecommunications equipment and technologies necessary to provide high-speed Internet access and other advanced telecommunications services for private homes, businesses, commercial establishments, schools, and public institutions.

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Overview

In the United States, broadband infrastructure is constructed, operated, and maintained primarily by the private sector, including telephone, cable, satellite, wireless, and other information technology companies. Currently deployed broadband technologies include cable modem, DSL (copper wire), wireless systems (mobile and fixed), fiber optic, and satellite. Although broadband is deployed by private sector providers, federal and state regulation of the telecommunications industry as well as government financial assistance programs can have a significant impact on private sector decisions to invest in and deploy broadband infrastructure, particularly in underserved and unserved areas of the nation.

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+== Definition ==
-The '''broadband infrastructure''' refers to [[network]]s of deployed [[telecommunications]] equipment and technologies necessary to provide [[high-speed Internet access]] and other [[advanced telecommunications services]] for private homes, businesses, commercial establishments, schools, and public institutions.
+'''Broadband infrastructure''' refers to
-In the United States, broadband infrastructure is constructed, operated, and maintained primarily by the private sector, including telephone, cable, satellite, wireless, and other [[information technology]] companies. Currently deployed broadband technologies include [[cable modem]], [[DSL]] (copper wire), [[wireless]] systems ([[mobile]] and fixed), [[Fiber optic]], and [[satellite]]. Although broadband is deployed by private sector providers, federal and state regulation of the [[telecommunications industry]] as well as government financial assistance programs can have a significant impact on private sector decisions to invest in and deploy broadband infrastructure, particularly in underserved and unserved areas of the nation.
+{{Quote|[[network]]s of [[deploy]]ed [[telecommunications]] [[equipment]] and [[technologies]] necessary to provide [[high-speed]] [[Internet access]] and other advanced [[telecommunications services]] for private homes, businesses, commercial establishments, schools, and public institutions.}}
+== Overview ==
+In the United States, broadband infrastructure is constructed, operated, and maintained primarily by the [[private sector]], including [[telephone]], [[cable]], [[satellite]], [[wireless]], and other [[information technology]] companies. Currently [[deploy]]ed [[broadband technologies]] include [[cable modem]], [[DSL]] (copper wire), [[wireless]] systems ([[mobile]] and [[fixed]]), [[fiber optic]], and [[satellite]]. Although [[broadband]] is [[deploy]]ed by [[private sector]] providers, federal and state regulation of the [[telecommunications industry]] as well as government financial assistance programs can have a significant impact on [[private sector]] decisions to invest in and [[deploy]] broadband infrastructure, particularly in [[underserved area|underserved]] and [[unserved area]]s of the nation.
 [[Category:Telecommunications]]
 [[Category:Hardware]]
+[[Category:Broadband]]
+[[Category:Definition]]