what the defenition of dsl?
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DSL (Digital Subscriber Line), also known as ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line), is a technology that uses existing 2-wire copper telephone wiring to deliver high-speed data services to homes and businesses. Once installed, DSL provides a continuous "always-on" connection to the Internet and at the same time does not tie up the phone line for normal usage. This technology can be used to deliver bandwidth-intensive applications like high-speed access to the Internet, streaming audio/video, videoconferencing, online games, application programs, telephone calling and other high-bandwidth services.\n \nThe maximum speed of DSL is determined by the distance between the customer site and the Central Office (CO). Most ISP's offer Symmetric DSL (SDSL) data services at speeds that vary from 144Kbps up to 2Mbps, and now in the UK even faster speeds- up to 8Mbps. Customers can choose the rate that meets their specific needs. This is 2.5x to 50x times faster than a standard 56Kbps dial-up modem.
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No, a DSL line is strictly internet.
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one is dsl, and one is cable. they are not the same.
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DSL is the only way to go anymore
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It's not different anymore.  It's now a standard telephone wire that connects your DSL modem to the phone jack in the wall.  When DSL originally came out, it was a different cable (CAT5), this is no longer the case.
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My personal preference is cable and I've had both.  Both are a shared connection although some will try and convince you that only cable is shared.  \n\nCable internet usually has faster speeds than DSL.  I get 6 Mbps compared to 3 Mbps with DSL.
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You need a phone line for DSL, but not necessarily phone service. Ask your provider about "stand alone" or "naked" dsl service. Federal law is changing and soon the major telcos must provide it.\n\nSee this here:\n\nhttp://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/03/20/BUG67HQ0P319.DTL
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DSL is soooo much faster than a dial-up!  My late husband/lover had a dial-up, and he didn't care about the speed.  I thought it was enormously frustrating how he had to wait and wait to do anything.  So I got DSL when I inherited his computer.  Same hardware, otherwise same software, but now it's usable.  I could not be involved with Yahoo! Answers if I had to sit and wait for everything: I'd certainly never have gotten to level seven!!!
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Cable is typically 3Mbps or faster throughput, and DSL is usually limited to 1 or less. You can get business DSL and get faster speeds, but the latency on cable is much faster then DSL. The company I work for the majority of my employees use Cable and I suggest cable just because of that reason. Cable can actually reach speeds of 10Mpbs a second I beleive and DSL is pretty limited as cable companies I've heard across the US are upgrading the speed already from what its at now.
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go to\nwww.viidoo.com\nthen go to abc\nu hav to hav dsl
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If you're getting 8MB, you're probably not getting either DSL or ADSL, but some sort of fiber, assuming it's coming from "the phone company".   If it's coming from a cable TV company, then what you're getting is a cable modem which is attached to the same cable that your cable TV comes in on (assuming you have that service).\n\nDSL means "digital subscriber line", and ADSL is "asymmetric DSL".   It is asymmetric because communication in one direction (TO YOU from the internet) is much faster than in the other direction (FROM YOU to the internet).
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It's really the difference between ADSL and SDSL, rather than DSL.\n\nADSL stands for Asymetrical Digital Subscriber line and SDSL stands for Symetrical Digital Subscriber Line. With ADSL your upload and download speeds are different, with most consumer based ADSL systems having a much higher download speed than upload. With SDSL, the upload and download speeds are the same.
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Simply use google or yahoo - type 'blog definition' 'DSL definition' Usually the first result will give you the answer and its quicker than a dictionary.
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You need a land line to have DSL because it needs the phone line connection to connect to the ISP.\n\nYou dont need a land line for Cable.
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Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line - download and upload speed is not the same - therefore - asymmetrical.\n\nSDSL is Symmetrical Digital Subscriber Line as the speeds are the same in both directions - companies who send and receive a lot of data or use voice applications for example may use SDSL.
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ISDN is basically a faster "dial up" it is two 64k channels bonded to make 128K of bandwidth. DSL is an internet service provided by the phone company and can be as fast as 1.5mps to the internet.
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Yahoo DSL is DSL, so what is your question?\n\nIf you cant support DSL then Yahoo DSL is not an option...