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.

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Comparison Table: Broadband vs Leased Line

The difference between Broad band 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