Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL)
is a technology that enables an
ordinary telephone line to reach speeds up
to 1024kbps (over 18 times that of a dialup
connection). It is another
connectivity technology that transmits data
at high bandwidth speeds on existing
copper telephone lines to homes and
businesses.
The ADSL system makes use of your
existing telephone line and splits the
signal into voice communications and high
speed data connection. ADSL is capable
of simultaneously offering voice information
on the same line. ADSL offers you
increased bandwidth. The downstream
bandwidth is higher than the upstream
bandwidth (asymmetric).
Being asymmetric, it means that ADSL uses
most of the channel to transmit downstream
(refers to the flow of information from the
requested information resource to your PC)
to the user and only a small part to receive
information from the user. Whatever level of
your downstream, your upstream level
is fixed at 256Kbps.
