"Broadband" means a wide band, an "ultra high-speed highway" with rapid and massive flows of information. The conventional phone line, on the other hand, is called "narrowband", a local road where only a relatively little quantity of information can flow at a time.
The most typical connecting methods using broadband are an optical fiber and ADSL. The transmitting speed of "Flet's ADSL" is 1.5 - 24Mbps and the maximum speed of "B Flet's" using an optical fiber net is 100MBps. They are 10 - 200 times faster than narrowband transmission (56Kbps) or ISDN (64Kbps/128Kbps).

The typical contents that you can enjoy with a broadband are movies and music which require massive and simultaneous transmission of information. Broadband can be used in many ways, for example, you can watch real-time live images at concerts.

You can send video letters to your family and friends who live at remote places, or talk with them by TV phone. It is also easy to learn English conversation through the Internet or play an on-line game with foreign people.

The big features of broadband are "Rapidity", "Fulltime Connection", and "Fixed Charge". You can enjoy the Internet at any time without worrying about time or telephone charges.