25/01/1999
The term "broadband" was popularized as a marketing term for internet access that was faster than dial-up access (popularized by the 56 kbit/s connection).
While in telecommunications term, broadband is a wide bandwidth data transmission with an ability to simultaneously transport multiple signals and traffic types from coaxial cable, optical fiber, radio or twisted pair. But the context of "internet broadband" is more widely used, and loosely means any high-speed internet access that is fast and reliable.
The term was adopted because of the communication's speed supports wider (or broader) bandwidth channel. This means the greater the information-carrying capacity with the same given channel quality.