What is Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) service?
DSL is an innovative technology that turns your existing phone line into a multi-channel data-delivery system. One channel transmits voice services exclusively, so you can surf the Web while talking (or faxing) on the same phone line at the same time. The second channel transmits data downstream at high speeds, and a third channel transmits data upstream. There are so called “modems” at each end of the phone line. One is connected to your computer; one is located at the telephone company’s Central Office (CO) connection point. Working together, they provide a dedicated connection that avoids the need to dial up for access like with traditional analog modem Internet access. DSL modems aren’t really modems, are they? No. People call them DSL “modems” because the term describes the gear in ways people understand today. “Modem” is short for MODulator/DEModulator. A modem is a communications device that converts one form of a signal to another that is suitable for transmission over communic
DSL is an innovative technology that turns your existing phone line into a multi-channel data-delivery system. One channel transmits voice services exclusively, so you can surf the Web while talking on the phone or faxing. The second channel transmits data downstream at high speeds, and a third channel transmits data upstream.
