- ADSL is an acronym for Asymmetric
Digital Subscriber Line. ADSL
is a high speed, point-to-point digital connection to simultaneously transmit voice and
data. ADSL transmission are asymmetrical. This means that the data rates
are not the same for the uploading and downloading of data. ADSL can send
data to your computer at speeds between 384Kb and 6Mb per second. ADSL
uses a standard telephone line. The same telephone line that you use for your home or
business telephone. You can be connected to the Internet, and talking on the telephone at
the same time!
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- The speed of an ADSL connection
will astound you! Even at the slowest speed of 384Kb, that is 11 times faster than a
33.6Kb modem, and 7 times faster than a 56Kb modem! Imagine, a web page that takes one
minute to download with a 33.6Kb modem now, will take only 5 seconds to download! The
faster ADSL services, will be much faster. The 6Mb speed is 113 times
faster than a 56K modem!
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- Your ADSL connection will be on all
the time. If you desire, you can leave your computer turned on and connected continously
to the Internet. If you do not desire to leave your computer on all the time, anytime that
you do turn it on, the connection to the Internet will come on too. There will be no need
to dial in to the Internet, and no disconnecting when you are through.
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- To use ADSL, the telephone company
will have to add ADSL to your current telephone line. At the same time,
they will install an ADSL modem, and network card in your computer. Once
this is done, you are ready to begin using ADSL.
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