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On Tuesday 13 May 2003 16:23, Kevin Brosius wrote:
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> I hear good things about the Cavalier DSL. I work with someone who
> likes it (and it's not Comcast, as he says :) )
>
> One thing to note is that Cavalier is not using standard ADSL, so speeds
> are different than you might expect from an ADSL 784/784 circuit. From
> the reading I've done, their DSL is a combined bandwidth product,
> meaning up and down bandwidth is shared. I'm not clear on the actual
> transfer rate, but it sounds like you can use either 784 down or 784 up
> at any given time, for standard usage you'll get some lesser speed in
> one direction. (Which is just fine for most home use. For example,
> standard 684/128 ADSL is great for downloading, web browsing, mail,
> etc...)
Normal "home" DSL is ADSL (Asymmetric DSL) 784K down/ 128K up or 1.5M down/
128K up or similar). 784K down/ 784K up is SDSL (Symmetric DSL). SDSL is
usually sold as "business" DSL. It lets the phone company get more money.
HTH,
Tom
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