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"John A. Weeks III" wrote:

Speed has nothing to do with broadband.

Uh, the term is opposed to "narrowband", neither of which were coined
until only a few years ago. "Broadband" was coined to provide
differentiation from the more common dial-up. Speed most certainly has
to do with "broadband".

Broadband is a networking technology

I disagree. "Broadband" is a generic term to describe any of SEVERAL
high-speed connectivity technologies.

speed is a characteristic of a connection.

That goes without saying.

You can have very slow broadband

Sure, relative to a higher rate broadband.

just as you can have very fast baseband.

"Baseband"? My spell-checker doesn't even recognize that one. That is
the first I've heard of it.

Words mean things. Broadband infers high - or higher - speed relative
to older, much slower technologies such as dial-up.

Or you can have any speed you want on some other
networking technology.

Ethernet? Wi-Fi? Bluetooth? Divining Rods?
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JR