Re: ADSL or DSL

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Leythos wrote:

In article <441aa6d5$0$20169$8fcfb975@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
*********@xxx.xx says...

what's the difference between DSL and ADSL or is the same thing?

DSL is the generic name for either ADSL or SDSL. in ADSL you have two
speeds generally, and ADSL is generally residential grade. In SDSL
both up/down are the same speed and it's a better quality than ADSL
normally.


And to add to that, most of the DSL that's commonly available (in the USA
anyway--I don't know about the rest of the world) is ADSL. I have ADSL here,
and I don't even think that SDSL is a choice.

By the way, for the benefit of the OP, ADSL stands for Asynchronous DSL
(different upload and download speeds) and SDSL is Synchronous DSL (same
upload and download speeds).

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Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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