Broadband explained

via the local telephone exchange, via Cable over cable TV networks or via the mobile network. The internet connects us to website services, app services, email accounts and streaming data services for BBCiPlayer, Netflix and Amazon Prime and more

A router is a device that passes data between networks. We have a router in our homes that passes data from the local network there to another network at our ISP which takes us to the internet.

WiFi is a wireless technology used to connect devices to the internet. WiFi is a radio signal sent from a wireless router to a nearby computer, phone, tablet, TV or any device with a local area network card

This is provided over copper wire phone lines from the local telephone exchange: ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line)

FTTC is Fibre to the Cabinet and FTTP/FTTH stands for Fibre to the premises or home. Fibre-optic cables provide broadband between the local telephone exchange and the phone cabinet on your street or straight to your home

Uses the infrastructure of cable TV mainly over fibre-optic cables with the last mile over coaxial cables

This is portable gadget (often battery powered) that is a router using a SIM card with a mobile data plan that multiple devices can connect to.

Our mobile phones connect to the internet using 3G, 4G or 5G called ‘Mobile data’. To use a phone as a hub to connect to the internet turn on ‘Hotspot’ then sign in to that WiFi network. On an iPhone go to Settings ❯ Personal Hotspot – ON. On Android, Settings ❯ Connections ❯ Mobile Hotspot and Tethering ON (tap to set a password and see instructions)