Broadband has become part of
the reality of advanced societies (Broadband Society), especially with the emergence of new
technologies and with the developments carried out in this field. Broadband and
the type of technology varies according to the plan of telecommunications of
each territory, since the characteristics of this are taken into account to
know whether to establish one type or another.
Along the following article, in
collaboration with Cristina Poyato Santiago, from UPF, we are going deeper into rural and
most neglected areas of Spain, specifically we are going to focus in the province of Zamora, located in the autonomous
community of Castilla y León. Zamora is known as a zone
with a high level of depopulation, that is due to the large extension of the
rural area, since a generous part of the province is made up of low-density
locations.
(Map of the territory of Zamora. MICHELIN)
First of all, we are going to define
some concepts that we are going to talk about, in order to make it easier to
understand along the article. Starting with broadband, this is a service that
offers data connection and the transmission of documents and files, whether you
want to download or upload on certain devices such as mobile phones, computers
and laptops, or televisions, for example. In the case that we are going to
analyze, we will specify in the type of ADSL broadband. The ADSL (Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line) technology, is a technology that runs
by cable and it is characterized by being asymmetrical, that is, it has a
download speed different than the upload speed (10Mbps and 4Mbps,
respectively). This technology of telecommunications allows the Internet
connection and the transmission of files through the copper wires of the
telephone line.









