Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2001 12:13:11 +0000 From: Scott Mitchell <scott.mitchell@mail.com> To: Mark Woodson <mwoodson@bacxs.com> Cc: Joe & Fhe Barbish <barbish@a1poweruser.com>, FBSD Questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: any difference between cable(TV) and phone line high speed internet Message-ID: <20011222121311.A216@localhost> In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.0.20011221170859.02700d68@127.0.0.1>; from mwoodson@bacxs.com on Fri, Dec 21, 2001 at 05:17:56PM -0500 References: <003801c18b1e$4c3201f0$0100a8c0@screamer> <LPBBIGIAAKKEOEJOLEGOIEBNCKAA.barbish@a1poweruser.com> <5.1.0.14.0.20011221170859.02700d68@127.0.0.1>
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On Fri, Dec 21, 2001 at 05:17:56PM -0500, Mark Woodson wrote: > At 02:34 PM 12/21/2001 -0500, Joe & Fhe Barbish wrote: > >Is that also true for ADSL which is different that DSL? > > xDSL (DSL) comes in a couple of flavors, the most common of which are > ADSL and SDSL. You are not sharing bandwidth with your neighbors for any > of these, but... > > A stands for Asynchronous and the bandwidth available is different > upstream and downstream, typically something like 128kbs up and 754kbs > down, or 384kbs up and 1.5Mbs down. > > S stands for synchronous and means that the upstream and downstream are > the same, speeds for this vary (from ISDN similar 128kbs, up to 2Mbs). > This is primarly targeted at businesses and while less expensive on the > whole than a T1, etc. isn't cheap by any stretch. I believe that the A and D stand for (A)Symmetric rather than (A)Synchronous. Scott -- =========================================================================== Scott Mitchell | PGP Key ID | "Eagles may soar, but weasels Cambridge, England | 0x54B171B9 | don't get sucked into jet engines" scott.mitchell@mail.com | 0xAA775B8B | -- Anon To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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