What is DSL?
DSL
stands for Digital Subscriber Line
DSL stands for Digital
Subscriber Line, a technology for providing fast internet
access. DSL uses existing copper telephone lines to provide high speed
Internet Access that is up to 50 times faster than a 56k Modem.
For
the more technical reader:
Digital loop
carriers (DLCs) consolidate the voice traffic of remotely located
customers onto a few transport lines running back to the central office
(CO), thus reducing the cost and space requirements of serving those
customers. Asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL) technology is used
to transport large amounts of data traffic over existing copper
telephone lines—up to 8 Mbps downstream and 640 kbps upstream—while
simultaneously supporting plain old telephone service (POTS). Complete
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In
Plain English:
DSL
is a way to
use your existing phone lines so it can carry more data and because it
can carry more data ... its faster
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