Broadband is a collective term used to describe a digital high-speed internet connection. A standard internet connection is referred to as dial up.
Dial up was not designed for high speed volume data transmission. Broadband has a higher bandwidth than a dial up connection and data is transferred quicker.
When you browse the internet you are in effect downloading data to your computer, and if the internet site you are looking at contains lots of graphics and photographs it is likely to take a longer time to load up than a site containing just words.
A growing number of internet sites now rely on visual objects and even sound, so Broadband is becomming more necessary for surfing the internet.
Broadband packages vary, and prices vary according to bandwidth (speed) and what is referred to as your download allowance (volume of data downloaded).
So there are many different Broadband packages including cable so feel free to explore them fully