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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 121. Chapters: Absolute reach, Broadband.gov, Broadband in Northern Ireland, Cable Internet access, Cable modem, Cable modem termination system, Com21, Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act, Data discrimination, Defense Data Network, Dial-up Internet access, Dialup Users List, EZproxy, Flat rate, Florida Rural Broadband Alliance, FRIACO, Get online week, Global Access Point, Hosted service provider, HSTR LAN, Integrated Broadband Services, Internet in Singapore, LightSquared, List of broadband over power line deployments, List of cable Internet providers, List of organizations with official stances on the SOPA and PIPA, List of US Congresspersons who support or oppose SOPA/PIPA, Multipurpose community telecenters, National broadband plans from around the world, National Broadband Plan (United States), Network neutrality, Online Protection and Enforcement of Digital Trade Act, Platform for Internet Content Selection, Policies promoting wireless broadband in the United States, Power line communication, Protecting Children from Internet Pornographers Act of 2011, Research Works Act, Rural Internet, Satellite Internet access, Search neutrality, Series of tubes, Stop Online Piracy Act, Sublink Network, Tiered Internet, Twister Telecom, UK Online Centres, Wireless@SG. Excerpt: Broadband is a term normally considered to be synonymous with a high-speed connection to the internet. Suitability for certain applications, or technically a certain quality of service, is often assumed. For instance, low round trip delay (or "latency" in milliseconds) would normally be assumed to be well under 150ms and suitable for Voice over IP, online gaming, financial trading especially arbitrage, virtual private networks and other latency-sensitive applications. This would rule out satellite Internet as inherently high-latency. In some applications, utility-grade reliability (measured for example in seconds per 30 years outage time as in the PSTN network) or security (say AES-128 as required for smart grid applications in the US) are often also assumed or defined as requirements. There is no single definition of broadband and official plans may refer to any or none of these criteria. Beyond broad latency and reliability expectations, term itself is technology neutral; broadband can be delivered by a range of technologies including DSL, fiber optic cable, powerline networking, LTE, Ethernet, Wi-Fi or next generation access. This article presents an overview of official government plans to promote broadband - based on official sources that may be biased due to their promotion of the government plan as effective and positive. Such plans are recommended by OECD and other development agencies. All G7 countries except Canada have such a national broadband plan in place now. Most countries considering such plans conduct their own comparative evaluations of existing national plans. The US, for instance, in September 2010 published a comparison of seven other countries' plans. The OECD tracks closely policy in this area and publishes links to relevant policy documents from its member (developed) countries. Developing countries' plans are studied most closely by the World Bank as part of its e-Development program. It has released the World Bank Broadband Strategy Toolki
