How To tell If I Have Broadband internet?

Question

Okay I need to know if I have Broadband internet for a new router I want to buy and for xbox live. I have charter high speed internet not dialup. I can be on the phone and internet at the same time. I also have Mozilla Firefox. If u could tell me if I have broadband internet or how to tell if I do have it that would be awesome.

Thanks!

Answer 1

If you don't use a phone line to connect to the internet, you have broadband.  It's either or.

Answer 2

You have broadband. The only time you have dialup is if you have something like earthlink, where you have to "dial" a connection to the internet, or connect to it everytime you get one. If getting online is as easy as opening Firefox, you generally have broadband.

Answer 3

if it is not dialup, it is usually highspeed wireless/broadband

Answer 4

You might have cable broadband like pay TV rather than the type that goes through the phone line  - give your ISP a ring and get them to give you an accurate answer; you'll need to know to buy the right equipment.  I think ISDN and DSL both go through the phone line and cable doesn't.

Answer 5

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadband_I...

Answer 6

"Broadband" is just a generic term.  If you have Cable Internet (which you do) or Satellite Internet or DSL, all are broadband.  Dialup is not.  

Simplest definition I could google:

In general, broadband refers to telecommunication in which a wide band of frequencies is available to transmit information. Because a wide band of frequencies is available, information can be multiplexed and sent on many different frequencies or channels within the band concurrently, allowing more information to be transmitted in a given amount of time (much as more lanes on a highway allow more cars to travel on it at the same time). Related terms are wideband (a synonym), baseband (a one-channel band), and narrowband (sometimes meaning just wide enough to carry voice, or simply "not broadband,"  

Answer 7

broadband internet is highspeed

if u mean cable or DSL

DSL uses filters on ur phone line while cable doesnt