prebroadband en · ADJ
Etymology
From pre- + broadband.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Before the introduction of broadband Internet access.
It was an early precursor to Pandora; it was a personalized music service for a prebroadband era. But when Amazon launched in 1995, everything changed.
2012, Eli Pariser, The Filter Bubble: What the Internet is Hiding from You:For the past few months, BlueLight.com has not launched any videos during the sign-in process—perhaps it was only a prebroadband test that focus group consumers rejected. As a marketer, I thought it was brilliant.
2001, Bill Carmody, Online Promotions: Winning Strategies and Tactics, page 256: