This week also saw the launch of two new chips, designed to improve the performance of digital subscriber line (DSL) equipment that turns an ordinary telephone line into a broadband pipe for high-speed Internet access.
He could soon have access to the internet at more than six megabytes a second providing he is prepared to pay $140 a month instead of $21 for his existing DSL connection.A 70-fold increase in speed for a sevenfold increase in price would seem a bargain.
These are expected to include a greater emphasis on self-installation, which involves customers plugging in DSL equipment themselves rather than relying on a technician.BT's announcement of its planned price cut, and the implication that it has Oftel's approval, has prompted howls of outrage from the handful of firms still pursuing LLU.
If you want a high-speed digital-subscriber line (DSL) connection, for example, geographical proximity to a telephone exchange is vital, because DSL only works over relatively short distances.
They have also been granted the freedom to experiment with different pricing models in other words, start charging by the megabyte instead of offering a flat rate.Under AT&T's new policy, customers using digital subscriber line (DSL) connections to the internet will have a monthly download limit of 150 gigabytes.
They have also benefited from the growth in their wireless divisions and from rising demand for additional lines and for digital subscriber line (DSL) broadband services.
The stratellite service would, in short, offer an alternative to cable and digital subscriber-line (DSL) broadband links.
With homes few and far between, Super Wi-Fi would be a cheaper way of delivering broadband (at, say, 1.5 megabits per second download and 384 kilobits per second upload) than either cable or DSL.
The first time the terminal is switched on, it directs web surfers to a portal where they enter their billing information and choose which voice or data package they want.The device is capable of transmitting or receiving at up to 12 megabits per second about ten times faster than most DSL connections and more than 200 times faster than a dial-up system.
Homes and small offices that want high-speed internet access usually subscribe to either a digital subscriber line (DSL) or a cable-television service.
The idea, he says, is to be more responsive to customers.Next, operators can start to offer different DSL services aimed at different types of user.
