Dedicated internet vs broadband: what's the difference?

Dedicated internet reserves bandwidth for you, while broadband is shared and can slow down.

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The speed you buy on dedicated service is the speed you get at any hour.

Broadband is shared with neighboring premises and slows when they are busy.

What the source data actually shows

The supplier catalog names these providers. It does not list a monthly price for them. Data as of 2026-10-04.

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11:11 Systems Inc: price not listed in the source data. 123NET: $21 to $39 per user/month. 1Wire Fiber: price not listed in the source data. 4Voice: price not listed in the source data. ACC Business: price not listed in the source data. AireSpring: $24 to $46 per user/month. Alibaba Cloud: price not listed in the source data. Allied Telecom Group, LLC: price not listed in the source data.

More providers are in the same table. The list stays alphabetical.

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Questions people ask

What is dedicated internet access?

A connection whose bandwidth is reserved for you rather than shared with other premises. The speed you buy is the speed you get at any hour, backed by a service level agreement.

How is it different from shared broadband?

Broadband shares capacity with everyone else on the segment, so speeds vary with local demand. Dedicated access does not share, which is why it costs more and why its performance is predictable.

Who needs dedicated internet?

Businesses where the connection is the business. A trading floor, a clinic, or a contact center all qualify. So does anywhere an outage is measured in lost revenue per hour.

What is an SLA?

A service level agreement: the provider's contractual commitment on uptime, repair time, and sometimes latency, with credits if they miss it. It is the main thing you are buying with business service.

Is dedicated internet always fiber?

Usually, because fiber is the only widely deployed technology that delivers it cleanly. Dedicated services exist over other media but are less common and generally slower.

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Data as of 2026-10-04.