Internet Services: From Broadband to Ultrabroadband

  1. Antonio Sánchez 1
  2. Belén Carro 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Valladolid
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    Universidad de Valladolid

    Valladolid, España

    ROR https://ror.org/01fvbaw18

Book:
Digital Services in the 21st Century

ISBN: 9781119314905 9781119314851

Year of publication: 2017

Pages: 9-30

Type: Book chapter

DOI: 10.1002/9781119314905.CH2 GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openOpen access editor

Abstract

Data connectivity is the very key enabler for digital services. Ultrabroadband allows all use cases with almost unlimited speeds and very low latency. This holds true only for fixed connections (dedicated gigabits speeds) with mobile ones making great progress (gigabit shared) through LTE and WiFi. Unfortunately, its availability is not widespread, although governments are making efforts to close the broadband (digital) divide.