How much faster than a modem is Connected Communities Broadband?
The useable speed of Connected Communities Broadband, and indeed most other broadband services, depends on a number of factors: mainly on how fast the underlying connection is, and what the users connected to the system are doing at any particular time. Connected Communities Broadband connects to your computer at much faster speeds than a “56k” modem which normally manages to connect at around 33kbps. In practice Connected Communities Broadband 500 service will be about 10 times faster than a modem, but it can be much faster if you subscribe to the 1000 and 2000 services.
