Definition of "backhaul" []

• To transmit (data or footage) from a remote site to a central site from where it is re-transmitted. (verb)
• A return trip after delivery of cargo. (noun)
• Travel to a destination via a further point than the destination. (higher intermediate point) (noun)

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• "Slattery said instead of building fibre-to-the-home in cities, where residents already had access to two cable networks and ADSL2+ infrastructure, the NBN project should focus on what he called the backhaul and distribution networks to locations such as schools and hospitals."
• "What they are looking for with backhaul is still fairly minimal with 50 Mbps circuits."
• "The first has been alternate access companies that are building businesses and networks around shared tenant or multi-carrier backhaul from the site."