Broadband vs Leased Line: Understand the difference

Rashmi Bhardwaj | Blog,BUZZ
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broadband vs leased line

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 –

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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

 

Download the comparison table: broadband vs leased line

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