High-Speed DSL
Kick into Broadband High Gear with DSL
There’s no doubt in your mind: you need to upgrade to a faster home Internet connection. Perhaps you’re finding dial-up service sluggish—webpages load and operate too slowly, downloads seem to take forever, and delivery of large email attachments and digital photos is far from immediate. Maybe you’d like to access streaming video or music, but your current Internet service does not have the bandwidth to do so. Perhaps you long to work from home, but could never accomplish the same amount of work using your slow home Internet access as you can on the speedy network at the office. The time has definitely come for broadband Internet access in your home. Your only stipulation is that it needs to be affordable. Your solution: high-speed DSL.DSL: A World Away from Dial-Up
Increasingly well-known and popular among consumers, the high-speed Internet connection known as Digital Subscriber Line, or DSL, operates at a speed nearly 20 times faster than dial-up. Making the switch from dial-up to DSL means your operating speed will increase from 56 kilobits per second (kbps) to between 128 kbps and 8 megabits per second (mbps). DSL’s incredibly fast broadband speed enables websites to load quicker, e-mail to send and arrive faster, and makes certain previously impossible applications like web hosting and e-commerce available to you at home.
DSL works in this way: digital signals are sent from your computer to a DSL modem, which converts the signals into voltage and sends them through the wall jack and along your telephone line to an area Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplier (DSLAM). The DSLAM, acting as a mediator between your Internet Service Provider (ISP) address and the Internet, presents your requests and returns with the Internet’s responses.
DSL Delivers Instant, Affordable High-Speed Access
The many advantages of a DSL connection make it an attractive choice among home users seeking all the benefits of high-speed Internet access without a high price tag. DSL is, in fact, an inexpensive option, coming in price-wise at a cost comparable with the monthly fees associated with dial-up. More, DSL operates along telephone lines that are already in place, and so upgrading to DSL does not involve a costly and complicated cable network installation. The “always on” feature of DSL is an especially desirable quality for the home user who is tired of having to dial up each time an Internet connection is sought. With DSL there’s no waiting and no busy signals, and since DSL operates at such a high speed, Internet sharing between a number of computers within a household is possible. What’s more, DSL Internet access won’t interfere with your phone service. Unlike dial-up, which ties up your phone line while the Internet is in use, DSL utilizes a separate frequency from a voice signal, which means you can make and receive calls while online. This is particularly good news for anyone hoping to work from home.
Standard DSL, which is generally sufficient for home use, is known as Asynchronous DSL (or ADSL) because it downloads data at a rate much slower than its upload speed. For gamers, multimedia enthusiasts, and employees working from home who need to engage in large file or data sharing, Synchronous DSL (SDSL), in which download and upload speeds are equal, might be a viable option. Furthermore, if you’re exclusively using your cellphone for calls, you might want to opt for “naked DSL,” with which your unused telephone landlines would carry only DSL Internet service. At Bandwidthplace, our goal is to help you determine which DSL best suits you. To take the first step toward achieving fast, uninterruptable, and affordable high speed Internet access today, please fill in your information in the shooter contact box, or contact us.
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