Internet Access
Internet access may be provided to customers via 2 of commonly used approach – Broadband and Leased Line. While Broad band is the most popular for Internet access in homes and SOHO, Leased Lines are preferred for providing internet connectivity to large enterprises like colleges, Head Offices and hospitals.
Broadband line is usually shared line for provide connectivity to customer locations over Internet whereas An Internet Leased Line is usually a dedicated line providing direct connectivity to the Internet.
Comparison Table: Broadband vs Leased Line
The difference between Broadband and Leased Line can be enumerated in below table –
PARAMETER | BROADBAND | LEASED LINE |
| Customer connectivity | Shared connection between customer premises and provider local exchange | Dedicated connection between customer premises and provider local exchange |
| Upload and Download Speed | Asymmetric speed i.e. higher download speed than upload speed | Symmetric speed i.e. same download speed than upload speed. |
| Availability and performance SLA | Very less cases where SLA guarantee is provided by Service provider | SLA guarantee is provided by Service provider for Leased links |
| Performance | Lower than Leased Line | High performance |
| Bandwidth Sharing | Bandwidth is shared across multiple customer | Bandwidth is dedicated to a customer |
| Reliability | Low | High |
| Bandwidth | Broadband speed on ADSL upto 8 Mbps and ADSL+ upto 24 Mbps | Greater speed up to multiples of 10 Mbps |
| Plan Types | Very few options of unlimited usage | Option of Unlimited usage Plans |
| QOS | Limited or no QoS | Better QoS than Broadband |
| Public IP Block | Generally Public IP is not provided for using customer own Web facing applications like web server etc. | Public IP are generally provided for using customer own Web facing applications like web server etc. |
| Voice and Video traffic | Less preferred for voice and video traffic | leased Link is preferred choice for Voice and Video applications |
| Cost | Cheaper than Leased Line | Costlier than Broadband connection |
| Security | A Broadband connection is shared across multiple customers. Hence there is quite a probability of data breach and security issues | A leased line is dedicated to a customer. Hence there is a very less chance of data breach or any other security issues |
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