Broadband refers to various high-capacity technologies that transmit data, voice, and video across long distances and at high ...

Cierra was an associate writer for CNET's broadband team, covering all things home internet. She is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Wilmington with a master's degree. Cierra is ...

Trisha Jandoc was an associate writer at CNET covering broadband and everything related to home internet. She graduated from St. John's University with a bachelor's degree in journalism and a focus on ...

Before Wi-Fi became ubiquitous, Ethernet was the preferred way to get your devices onto the internet. By running Ethernet cables in a local area network (LAN) or wide area network (WAN), you could ...

Gigabit internet (1 GB) has extremely fast download speeds of 1,000 Mbps. Although having the fastest internet possible might sound like a good idea, you don't want to overpay for speeds you don't ...