Business at Home Broadband Makes All the Difference Running a business from your home becomes ever more appealing as communication capabilities improve. This is particularly true of getting connected to the Web. With high-speed Internet access, or broadband, you get the excitement of the World Wide Web faster and easier than ever. What Broadband Gives You Understanding Broadband Business Trends Getting Your Business into Broadband Building Broadband Frequently Asked Questions About Broadband What Broadband Gives You Relief from the World Wide Wait Imagine cheering with faraway friends and checking real-time statistics on your favorite athletes while watching a championship game. Imagine quickly retrieving, editing and sending a 12-megabyte file from your corporate network while telecommuting at home. Imagine doing any of the above at the same time your spouse trades online, your teenager talks on the phone or your children in grade school research homework. Always On, Always Connected The speed and convenience of broadband can offer personalized Internet content at your fingertips. Imagine if you had simultaneous access to news, weather, traffic, finance, e-shopping, and hobbies without adding new phone lines. Imagine if you could do this without needing a technician's knowledge of plugs, adaptors or configurations. Fast, reliable and affordable Internet connections, along with home networking and intelligent new devices , are making these experiences happen. Broadband options have you confused? Read PC Magazine 's review at: www.zdnet.com "A 'Smart' Home to Avoid the Nursing Home"; read more: New York Times Gartner predicts the broadband market will slow "from torrid to merely hot." Read more: CNET News Analysts say by 2006, 75% of U.S. house- holds will spend $10,000 online. Read more: EcommerceTimes.com Protect your "always- on" connections with Intel broadband routers . Check out network processors that offer software and hardware solutions for voice and data. Discover how CNR technology can lower the implementation costs of DSL, V.90.

	Cable, Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) and Satellite IAL focuses on three main areas of broadband technology: cable, DSL and wireless, including satellite technology. Broadband Technologies Cable DSL Satellite What is it? Accesses and transmits data using the cable TV network in neighborhoods and cable wiring in individual homes. Uses existing copper phone lines for simultaneous Web access, voice phone calls, and fax transmissions. Sends data using satellites or mountaintop transmission stations. How fast is it? ** 13 Megabits per second (Mbps) downstream (to retrieve data) and about 500 Kilobits per second (Kbps) - 2.5 Mbps upstream (to send). Up to 8 Mbps downstream and up to 1 Mbps upstream; typically download speed is up to 1.5 Mbps for consumers. 400 Kbps to 19 Mbps for satellite downstream; Upstream could be dial-up speed (56 Kbps) when sending info over phone lines. What hardware does a user need? Cable modem DSL modem Satellite dish and satellite modem How do they compare? 2 way transmission Dedicated service over a shared cable TV line.	2 way transmission Dedicated service over a single telephone line.	1 way transmission Dedicated service over satellite links
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For a more technical overview of these three broadband technologies, go to the Broadband Frequently Asked Questions page. PC Magazine 's 2001 special report on broadband is another resource.

For a more consumer-oriented explanation, visit DSL Life , a site that offers consumers education, updates, and contacts for getting DSL deployed in their areas.

Understanding Broadband Business Trends

Companies are taking advantage of developing technologies and products to help bring broadband into every home. Consider these trends:

• The Gartner Group forecasts that by 2006, nearly three-quarters of U.S. households will be wired for Internet access, mostly using broadband.

• Gartner expects 25 percent of the above households to spend US$10,000 online, also by 2006.

• The International Data Corporation predicts that by 2002 12.2 million U.S. households will sign up for cable, DSL (Digital Subscriber Line), or wireless Internet access.

• Cahners In-Stat projects 10.2 million DSL subscribers by 2004.

• Baby boomers are transitioning out of parenting and full time careers. They are connected to the Internet; they make major online purchases; and they are exploring new experiences in their lives.

• Kids are growing up not knowing what it was like before the Internet -- you could call them the e-generation!

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