New Generation Telecommunications: HOW FAST IS FUZEconnect INTERNET?
Dial up Internet - Formerly Australia's most commonly used Internet connection, dial up connections deliver Internet at a theoretical speed of 56.6Kbps (closer to 30 or 40Kbps in reality) via a modem across a traditional telephone line.
Dial up Internet is very accessible as users only require a traditional telephone line to get connected. Whilst dial up Internet is very slow it is also suffers from high latency, often more than 400ms. High latency means that online gaming, video conferencing and voice traffic work poorly or not at all across dial up connections.
Dial up connections are not the ideal manner for delivering the Internet applications being built today: video on demand, IPTV, conferencing, voice and other applications will only be supported on higher speed networks.
Broadband - The most popular Internet connection within Australian homes, broadband is often delivered across "copper networks" at speeds varying from 0.5Mbps up to 20Mbps on the latest ADSL2+ services.
Unfortunately the claimed ADSL and cable broadband speeds are theoretical and in reality are rarely achieved due to factors such as distance from the exchange and the number of concurrent users.Looking ahead "copper based" broadband Internet won't support high bandwidth applications (i.e. high definition TV) or applications running concurrently.
FUZEconnect Internet - Delivered across fibre optic cables, the fibre networks provides up to 100Mbps of bandwidth to end users when required with residential Internet services offering network speeds of between .5mbps and 25mbps depending on which Internet product you choose.
Unlike other broadband services, the speed of the FUZEconnect fibre optic network does not radically slow down the further you are from the exchange and the extreme bandwidth eliminates issues of congestion resulting in a far more consistent speeds. Fibre networks allow access to multiple applications with enough bandwidth to simultaneously deliver high speed Internet as well as other applications such as high definition TV, video and voice.
As the case for all kinds of telecommunications networks, all speeds achieved depend on a variety of factors including backhaul transmission networks, customer hardware and software, general internet congestion and the volume of customers using the network at any given time. The information provided here is a guide to speed considerations and is not reflective of actual network speeds that are ascertained through network tests.
For more information about FUZEconnect Internet or other services, contact us.
For more information on Internet speed see our Internet Speed FAQ's
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