Intresting site that explains dsl

[mirco30za]

This is a nice site that explains alot of the terms used when telking about dsl

http://www.vicomsoft.com/knowledge/reference/xdsl1.html

 

[stoke]

LOOL ... checkitout :

Connection-Maximum Transfer Rate-Distance Limitations
56 K Analogue Modem-56 kbit/s-None
ISDN-Up to 128 Kbps (Multilink PPP)-5.4 Km
Cable Modem-10-30 Mbit/s Downstream/128 kbit/s to 10 Mbit/s Upstream
(Shared bandwidth)-48 Km over coaxial cable
ADSL-1.5 - 8 Mbit/s Downstream-Up to 1.544 Mbit/s Upstream-5.4 Km
HDSL-T1 - 1.544 Mbit/s (2 wire pairs)-E1 - 2.048 Mbit/s (3 wire pairs)-3.6 Km
...

ADSL ... Starts at 1.5MBits/s. Loool.
Somebody email them and inform them that Teklom have managed to make ADSL operate at 192KBits/s.

Aren't Teklom marvelous !

 

[Telkomhater]

If they can get a 8 Mbit/s to operate 5.4 Kms away, why do I have to settle for a 192 line cause I am more than 4.1kms from the exchange?