The History of Broadband

The internet has been available to the public since 1983. Originally connection was via home telephone wires, a system called “dial-up” and is still used by those with no broadband access or those not wishing to by tied to a contract with a broadband provider.

The dial up system was very slow and as more and more sites got bigger and incorporated things like flash, sound, video and downloads. This slow speed prevented people from fully utilizing the internet and its capabilities of transferring data and offering downloads to the consumer.

As well as the speed issue, the dial up came with the inconvenience of it taking up full use of the telephone line and people had to keep disconnecting and reconnecting if other members of the household wished to use the telephone unless they had installed a separate phone line to use the internet from.

The year 2000 saw the introduction of broadband giving users speeds ten times faster than dial up without disrupting their telephone usage. Consumers then had the ability to download files, songs, TV shows and movies at greater speeds and with more convenience.

Initially the cost of broadband was rather high and so the adoption of this new technology was slow.  Once prices became more competitive and internet service providers began to compete with each other on things like offering the fast broadband, the best “heavy use” broadband and best broadband bundles.

 

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