Whats the difference between Mobile Broadband and fibre optic broadband?
Mobile Broadband is good for getting online when you’re away from home. It’s not as fast as fibre optic, which means it’s not as good for downloading huge chunks of information, like films and music. But it’s good for checking your email, browsing the internet and getting onto Facebook when you’re away from your PC at home. How fast can I go with Mobile Broadband? Download speeds for mobile broadband vary depending on which network you connect to as you move around, and though it won’t be as fast as the fibre optic broadband in your home, it’s great for most online tasks apart from downloading large files like films and TV shows. Check your Mobile Broadband coverage here, before you buy. What is a gigabyte or GB? GB is short for ‘gigabyte’, which is a chunk of data. Everything which is sent over the Internet is made up of chunks of data, whether it is a web page, an email, a music track or video clip. If 8 Bits of data = 1 Byte, then • 1024 bytes of data = 1 Kilobyte (KB), then • 1024
