Louisa Tchaicha (asker) Aug 8, 2011:

@pooja chic Thanks! :)

Louisa Tchaicha (asker) Aug 8, 2011:

@Terry Richards Thank you for the explanation I appreciate it :)

pooja_chic Aug 2, 2011:

to avoid confusion, you can use bande passante= pass-band
http://www.proz.com/kudoz/french_to_english/tech_engineering...
http://www.proz.com/kudoz/italian_to_english/electronics_ele...

Terry Richards Aug 2, 2011:

Bandwidth v. speed Bandwidth is the number of datastreams the medium can pass at the same time. Speed is the amount of information that can be sent down those datastreams. To send more information, you can either add more datasteams (bandwidth) or you can make the streams you have faster (which basicly means higher frequency). Broadband can be wider and/or faster by adding more channels or upping the speed/frequency of the existing channels. As they both result in more data going down the wire, the terms are often used interchangeably but there is a slight difference.

Unless the audience is highly technical, I would go with "faster broadband" and everybody will know what you mean without worrying about the details of how that faster speed is achieved.