DSL has been hailed as a great solution
for residential
broadband needs. You may have heard this term from
friends and neighbors when talking about their fast Internet
connection. It's true, DSL is much faster then a dial-up
Internet connection, but is it all it's cracked up to be?
With speeds of up to 140 times faster than dial up Internet
access its definitely fast but the problem is you don't always
get the advertised speed. Your DSL connection is highly
dependent on your distance from the phone company.
If you're over 5,000 feet your signal will begin
to drop off and
your connection will be degraded, i.e. slower speed. At about
15,000 feet from the phone company (3 miles) your signal will
completely cut off.
The second problem with DSL is the fact that it's highly over
subscribed. Over subscription means that many people are
pulling from the same resource. During the afternoon when
people are at work there may be plenty of bandwidth to have,
but in the evening when everyone is looking up the news,
going through e-mail, or shopping online, access tends to
be strained. Many people pulling from the same limited
resource will find that there's only so much to go around.
What does this mean to you? Slow speeds!
It's interesting to note that DSL companies lampooned cable
Internet access as being shared by the neighborhood.
Commercials displayed neighbors at each others throats for
overusing the connection because it affected other's use.
The irony of the commercials is that DSL users suffer from the
same problem of common access. It's a great solution, but
don't let them fool you….It's not perfect!
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