A download is any activity that transfers data to your computer from another one. Viewing a web page is downloading, because all the words, pictures and links on that page have to be transferred to yo [..]

Or delay refers to how much time it takes for data to get from one designated point to another.

A generic term that refers to customers of NBN Co's network, be they Retail Service Providers (RSPs) or Wholesale Service Providers (WSPs).

A facility that provides a Point of Interconnect to RSPs/WSPs for an Access Aggregation Region (AAR), comprising a number of regional Fibre Access Node (FAN) sites. Note that an AN will also have a co [..]

ATM is a standardised digital data transmission technology.

Backhaul typically refers to the mid-to-long-distance transport of data from a series of disparate locations back to a more centralised location. This transport may involve some level of concentration [..]

A 'bit' is a basic unit of information in computing, essentially a '1' or '0'. Bits per second (bps) is a common measure for data transmission speed. The speed in bps is [..]

Broadband is a term used to refer to 'always on' high speed Internet. In the past, broadband services and technologies were defined in terms of a capability to transfer information at higher [..]

A unit of storage measurement - a byte is made up of 8 bits. All information is stored as bits and bytes, which determine the size of the document, picture, video clip etc that you may wish to downloa [..]

The computer, modem and wiring at a customer's premises.