How TIMA’s Ultra-Broadband Works

In Italy, everyone is constantly searching for information about technologies to browse the internet at maximum speed.

However, information available to those with little faith in information technology and telecommunications languages ​​may not always be understood. For example, what exactly is broadband? And what a mob UltraWidth? What is the difference between the two? How do they work and how fast are they? How do you choose the link to join you?

In this article we will try to answer these questions.

Also, we try to do it in a simple way so that everyone, absolutely everyone understands.

Broadband: Material

The Italian word “broadband” is a direct translation of the English “broad band”, which refers to the transfer of data via cable used over high-speed Internet connections for many years.

In bandwidth, telecommunications and electronics, it is a measurement Range: Defines the amount of data that can be sent to a channel, hence the transfer speed of such data.

The mob is over LongIn fact, data is sent fast.

In common parlance, the term “broadband” is used to identify high-speed Internet connection technologies such as ADSL or FWA.

The ADSL connector uses copper cables called “twisted pairs”: cables that are already used to connect users and homes to the telephone operator’s control unit.

To better understand what ADSL is (why it is so called) you can read on This is our in-depth study.

The Fwa connection, on the other hand, partially exploits hybrid transmission: via cable and radio. The connection between the operator and the customer takes place via radio in the first part, with a 4G signal, and then, via fiber optic cables, from the control unit to the first home.
If you want to know more about Fwa theme, we recommend reading our article on this subject.

A link Long band Allows you to connect to the Internet via a Modem, Always keep the line free for phone calls and allow simultaneous connections with multiple devices (computers, Skills, Tablet, Printers, televisions, video game devices …) with or without cables (Wi-Fi).

As a rule, broadband internet should travel at a minimum speed between 1.5-2 megabits per second And a peak Maximum 20 megabytes per second for ADSL and 200 megabytes per second for Fwa.

But the band has allowed even more momentum UltraLarca.

Ultra-Broadband: What it is

With the introduction of Vision fiber, The width of the bar becomes more expansive UltraLarca.

Ultra-broadband connectivity provides the Internet at much higher speeds, significantly faster than broadband: Up to 1 gigabit per second.

So you can download and exchange files, make phone calls, listen to music, and watch HD and 4K movies. All of this through the simultaneous use of multiple devices (computers, smartphones, tablets, printers, video games) and multiple applications simultaneously.

This type of connection is based on different types, but two are important:

– FTTC (abbreviation for “fiber to the cabinet”, up to fiber cabinet: in this case the Internet travels from the telephone operator’s control unit to the control unit on the road, under the user’s house, and then from here. The user’s home in copper cables);

– FTDH (“Fiber to Home”): Optical fiber comes directly from the operator’s control unit to the user’s home. This, of course, guarantees higher bandwidth, and therefore higher speeds than FTTC.

Speed ​​of Ultra-Broadband: Examples

To better understand the ultra-broadband performance of TIM with fiber (FTTH), let’s take a look at some examples of comparing it with broadband (Adsl):

– With DIM fiber, download a Picture in HD (About 2 shows), which only takes 16 seconds (with ADSL, about 13 minutes).

– With fiber, a download 1.2 Kick Photo Album It only takes 10 seconds (with ADSL, 8 minutes);

– Again: Can be downloaded with fiber Music Album (About 0.5 giga) in 4 seconds. With ADSL, it takes three and a half minutes.

Ultra-bandwidth and devices

Keep in mind that ultra-broadband performance depends not only on the fiber, but also on the devices used to connect to the network. Older models of smartphones, tablets, and computers, especially those with obsolete operating systems, often do not use Ultra-Broadband much.

Intensive Broadband Plan

The National Recovery and Recession Program (also known as PNRR) aims to bring intensive broadband connectivity up to 1 gigabit per second across the national region. By 2026 (I.e. 4 years ahead of European targets, with 2030 as their end).

For months, TIM has been working nationwide on a cabling program to bring optical fiber to all Italian municipalities and make high-speed fiber connections available (FTTH 1 kick per second, as we explained above).

At the time of writing, September 2021, The DIM national coverage on ultra-broadband reaches a fixed tax of 91% of homes and 85.2% of homes.

There are more than 20 million kilometers of optical fiber laid in Italy, but this number is increasing every day, every hour, every minute (You can follow its development in real time on this site)

To lay optical fiber, TIM uses existing infrastructure as little as possible. If it is necessary to carry out excavations, these are carried out by adopting techniques with minimal environmental impact, i.e. with 10-15 cm interruptions in the road.

By going you can check if you have already reached your home through TIM’s FTTH fiber To this page of the tim.it website And typing your home address.

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