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Landline vs Broadband - What's the difference?

landline | broadband |

As nouns the difference between landline and broadband

is that landline is a fixed telephone communications cable while broadband is a wide band of electromagnetic frequencies.

As an adjective broadband is

of, pertaining to, or carrying a wide band of electromagnetic frequencies.

landline

English

Alternative forms

* land line

Noun

(wikipedia landline) (en noun)
  • A fixed telephone communications cable.
  • (by extension) a telephone connected by such a fixed wire, specifically not wireless/mobile.

    • See also

    *groundline English retronyms

    broadband

    English

    (wikipedia broadband)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (telecommunications) Of, pertaining to, or carrying a wide band of electromagnetic frequencies

    • Related terms

    * hyperband * ultrawideband * wideband * narrowband * baseband * band

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (telecommunications) A wide band of electromagnetic frequencies
  • (Internet) An internet connection with a much larger capacity than dial-up or ISDN.

    • See also

    * bandwidth * DSL * ADSL * cable modem