What is the difference between DSL and cable Internet connection?


Added: 16-04-2007
Author: Pinky Mcbanon
Category: Communications
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DSL stands for Digital Subscriber Line and is a technology that allows digital data transmission over telephone lines in a way that telephone conversations and data transmissions can occur simultaneously. This is possible because the telephone conversation using the bandwidth allocated under (25KHZ).

Data transfer rate that occurred in the DSL line can vary from 24Kbps to 24Mbps, depending on the conditions under which care is given. If the customer has a DSL line installed, the DSL modem may also be required, in addition to the DSL filter respirator for each phone line is connected to. Working from the DSL filter is to separate the phone from the components of high frequency data are used for ISP.

Cable Internet is a technology that uses cable TV infrastructure is available to provide Internet connectivity so that adequate systems DSL uses existing phone lines. DSL was developed primarily as a competitor to cable Internet. Cable broadband Internet access to provide Internet usage. Internet cable is usually used in the last mile between the internet providers to use. Broadband data transmission speeds ranging from 2-50Mbps downstream (service provider and user) and 384Kbps to 20Mbps upstream (customer to the service provider).

Cable modem internet cable must be installed at the customer end and connected to the equipment in service through coaxial cable. The distance between the equipment installed in locations ministries and cable modems can be great as 100 miles. Problems with cable internet is that the relationship is always active and tend to slow down when too many customers using the Coaxial cable to try to connect to the Internet. Great strength if one of the downstream channel could help hundreds of customers connections.




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