What does broadband mean in Internet2 standards?
Broadband means many things to many people. By Internet2 standards broadband is typically at least 10 -100 Mbps or even higher. The current Internet2 network is a 100 Gbps backbone. In some cases, a T1 (1.5 Mbps) is enough bandwidth to do certain kinds of applications (like videoconferencing at 384 – 768 kbps) if there is no other congestion or utilization on that network. Many Internet2 providers (GigaPoPs and RONs) have minimum bandwidth requirements to help ensure quality of applications performance. The more bandwidth you can get, the better performance your research and education applications will experience.
