the A in ADSL
Posted: Thu Dec 05, 2002 5:03 pm
hey... just wanted to check somethin... the A in ADSL stands for asymmetrical .. so does this mean that using "ADSL" you can't have equal up and down stream [eg 512/512]? thanks!
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Posted: Thu Dec 05, 2002 9:07 pm
Exactly. 512/512 would be equal upload and download thus called symmetrical dsl or sdsl.
Posted: Fri Dec 06, 2002 10:30 am
aDSL - Asymmetrical - not the same speed up-down
sDSL - Symmetrical - Same speed up-down
iDSL - Incremental, usually accomplished by adding or subtracting channels to a circuit that is transpoerted on a channelized T-1 (24 64K channels, with 23 usable for voice or Network traffic)
While s and i can be used to describe each other, they are distinctly different than aDSL, whereas they require special provisioning, and aDSL is service available across the POTS (plain old telephone service) network
sDSL - Symmetrical - Same speed up-down
iDSL - Incremental, usually accomplished by adding or subtracting channels to a circuit that is transpoerted on a channelized T-1 (24 64K channels, with 23 usable for voice or Network traffic)
While s and i can be used to describe each other, they are distinctly different than aDSL, whereas they require special provisioning, and aDSL is service available across the POTS (plain old telephone service) network
Posted: Fri Dec 06, 2002 5:09 pm
And here I thought it meant....
Always
Dead
Sometimes
Lengthy
just kidding =)
Always
Dead
Sometimes
Lengthy
just kidding =)
Posted: Sat Dec 07, 2002 12:26 pm
sDSL = a lot more expensive!
Posted: Sat Dec 07, 2002 2:57 pm
Originally posted by godmachine12
sDSL = a lot more expensive!
I have a 1.5mb SDSL line at work and it isnt very cheap, lol but it sure is sweeeeeeeeet!