Broadband connection in Malaysia
Abstract
Broadband Internet access, often shortened to just broadband, is high-speed Internet access
typically contrasted with dial-up access over a modem. Broadband is often called high-speed
Internet, because it usually has a high rate of data transmission. In general, any connection to the
customer of 256kbit/s (0.256Mbit/s) or more is considered broadband Internet [1]. The
International Telecommunication Union Standardization Sector (ITU-T) recommendation I.113
has defined broadband as a transmission capacity that is faster than primary rate ISDN, at 1.5 to
2Mbit/s [1]. The FCC definition of broadband is 200kbit/s (0.2Mbit/s) in one direction, and
advanced broadband is at least 200kbit/s in both directions [1]. The Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development (OECD) has defined broadband as 256kbit/s in at least one
direction which is downstream (from the internet to the user’s computer) and upstream (from the
user’s computer to the internet).