Basic information on broadband Broadband - this is a term frequently encountered today. However, except for that it concerns the internet, that it has do with fibre and that it is obviously important to drive broadband rollout, most people in Austria relatively little about broadband.

To give also non-experts an overview of the topic, we will explain the fundamentals around broadband in this article.

It addresses the question what broadband actually is and why it should be promoted especially in rural areas and explains the technologies and the structure behind the broadband access.