Around the world, billions of dollars are being spent trying to
bring “broadband” to everyone. However, broadband is defined
loosely. Some say anything over 1 megabit per second (Mbps) is
broadband, while others are looking at much higher speeds.
Cellular wireless defines broadband at much slower speeds than
fiber to the home (FTTH), cable modem or digital subscriber line
(DSL) service. For the real world of the Internet today,
anything less than 10 Mbps to the home or 4 Mbps over the
cellular network is likely to disappoint users.  Two major
shifts in Internet use have escalated the need for bandwidth.
The first shift is in the nature of Internet traffic. Over the
last few years, downloading video entertainment (movies, TV and
short features such as YouTube content) has grown from virtually
nothing to representing half of all Internet traffic. Netflix
alone represented one-third of all Internet traffic in late
2011.  Netflix also had some interesting statistics on real
network speeds. Since the company can m