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   From: barmar@alum.mit.edu   
      
   In article   
   <7443bc44-ad5e-4ccd-b40f-3e38160f16d0@w37g2000prc.googlegroups.com>,   
    Albert Manfredi  wrote:   
      
   > "Broadband" only refers to the final drop to your home or wireless   
   > appliance. It does not refer to some fictitious make-believe "other   
   > Internet."   
      
   Despite the original technical meaning, in lay parlance "broadband"   
   means "high-speed Internet service".  These providers also often offer   
   other services (phone, TV) over the same wire, and that relates to the   
   original meaning, but I don't think it's considered a necessity for a   
   provider to be considered to be offering broadband service.   
      
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   Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu   
   Arlington, MA   
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