DSL Technologies

DSL Technologies

DSL (Digital Subscriber Line or Digital Subscriber Loop. A technology that enables high-speed transmission of digital data over regular copper telephone lines. DSL works by using more of the capacity of the phone line. Voice and traditional modems work by modulating a signal in a limited range of frequencies (thousands of cycles); broadband sends a digital signal over a wide frequency (millions of cycles). The accelerated growth of content rich applications and online gaming, which demand high bandwidth, has changed the nature of information networks. High-speed communication is now an ordinary requirement throughout business, government, academic, and home office environments. Internet access, telecommuting, and remote LAN access are three of the clearly defined services that network access providers are offering now. These rapidly growing applications are placing a new level of demand on the telephone infrastructure. In particular, the local loop portion of the n...