Broadband Basics
What is Broadband?
Broadband is the transmission of a wide bandwidth of data over a high speed internet connection. Broadband provides high speed internet access via multiple types of technologies including DSL, cable, fiber optics, wireless, and satellite.
What is Bandwidth?
Bandwidth is the amount of data that can flow in a given amount of time. Bandwidth is measured in:
Initial Broadband Standards
The speed originally recommended by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) as "adequate"to move data in megabits per second (Mbps) was download 25 Mbps downstream and upload 3 Mbps upstream. This standard has been changed recently.
What Speed Do You Need?
Nationwide, communities are aiming to upgrade access to support 100 download Mbps and 20-100 upload Mbps
Speed Test
Does your home or business have adequate baseline internet speeds?
Take the New Mexico Connectivity Survey and speed test to find your download/upload speeds.
Internet Access
Internet is accessible through a variety of platforms, including but not limited to DSL, Cable Modem, Fiber Optics, Fixed Wireless, Mobile Wireless and Satellite.
The connected community
Broadband Internet is an important link to connect our community together and connect our community to the world. Whether urban or rural, broadband Internet can help our community thrive and connect citizens, businesses and local government to the education, business, health, and life tools and resources needed in a digital economy.
Glossary of terms
Broadband is the transmission of a wide bandwidth of data over a high speed internet connection. Broadband provides high speed internet access via multiple types of technologies including DSL, cable, fiber optics, wireless, and satellite.
What is Bandwidth?
Bandwidth is the amount of data that can flow in a given amount of time. Bandwidth is measured in:
- Kbps – Kilobits or thousands of bits per second.
- Mbps – Megabits or millions of bits per second.
- Gbps – Gigabits or billions of bits per second
Initial Broadband Standards
The speed originally recommended by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) as "adequate"to move data in megabits per second (Mbps) was download 25 Mbps downstream and upload 3 Mbps upstream. This standard has been changed recently.
What Speed Do You Need?
Nationwide, communities are aiming to upgrade access to support 100 download Mbps and 20-100 upload Mbps
Speed Test
Does your home or business have adequate baseline internet speeds?
Take the New Mexico Connectivity Survey and speed test to find your download/upload speeds.
Internet Access
Internet is accessible through a variety of platforms, including but not limited to DSL, Cable Modem, Fiber Optics, Fixed Wireless, Mobile Wireless and Satellite.
The connected community
Broadband Internet is an important link to connect our community together and connect our community to the world. Whether urban or rural, broadband Internet can help our community thrive and connect citizens, businesses and local government to the education, business, health, and life tools and resources needed in a digital economy.
Glossary of terms
- Bandwidth: the rate at which data can be transmitted between your computer and the testing servers.
- kbps or kb/s: kilobits per second – a measure of Bandwidth. File sizes are normally indicated in terms of “bytes”; one byte is equal to 8 bits. In other words, 1000 kilobits per second is equal to 125 kilobytes per second.
- Mbps or Mb/s: Megabits per second – another measure of Bandwidth. One Megabit is equal to 1024 kilobits.
- Packet: a unit of data capable of being routed through a computer network.
- Latency: the time it takes for a single packet of data to be sent from your computer to the testing server and back (the “round trip” time). This is measured in milliseconds, or thousandths of a second.
- Jitter: a measure of the variability in Latency.
