DOH! why does there have to be an A before DSL?

[GreenBeret]

SDSL is what i want 🙁 upload stops at ~12K

 

[Prodigy^]

hehe I got 384/384 ADSL 😛

 

[Killbat]

"hehe I got 384/384 ADSL"

Repeat that to yourself a few times... 😕 😛

 

[PCAddict]

DOH! ROFL

I have 640/90 ADSL and it does kinda suck on the upload side. They are supposed to be bumping it to 640/128 after some network upgrade (or at least that is what I was told when I signed up). But, that's not going to make a noticeable difference.

 

[dcdomain]

While we talking about DSL here... anyone want to give their opinions on FreeDSL by Winfire? The thread is here: http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=27&threadid=300101

 

[compuwiz1]

No, ADSL is Asychronous Digital Subscriber Line. That's what you get when you have like 784 down/256 up, differing speeds up and down.
Same up and same down is DSL. 😉

 

[bonkers325]

i want vdsl 🙂

 

[~zonker~]

Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line.... meaning you get less upstream than downstream

 

[extra]

heheh....adsl 384/384 is sorta a rolling oxymoron
i've got nice 640k/320k dsl here in alaska

 

[Mday]

i want s&nDSL, sexy and nekkid ;-)

 

[Howard]

ADSL means the download and upload speeds are not the same.
SDSL means the download and upload speeds are the same.
DSL means all types of Digital Subscriber Line.

 

[Monel Funkawitz]

I just want a 2400 baud dial-up connection. 😀

 

[Czar]

HDSL is what people want, loads of bandwith.

I have 512/256 adsl, its fine.

 

[Moonbeam]

Test Results:

Your download speed : 2845932 bps, or 2845 kbps.
Browsers would show : about a 347.4 k/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 950871 bps, or 950 kbps.
Your connection rocks .. above the 1mbit barrier!



My upload is supposed to be 128 kbps so even though it's asyncro, I'm not complaining.

 

[ltk007]

I've got 2400kbps/800kbps (aprox) cable. Jealous?

 

[Moonbeam]

ITK007, No

Do the math. 😀

 

[urbantechie]

Hehe, I got 3mbps/384k cable 😛

 

[HigherGround]

so this is one of them "mine's bigger than yours thread"? 🙂

dslreports.com

at home ( via Megapath.com )

** Speed 3083(down)/1008(up) kbps **
(At least 61 times faster than a 56k modem)

at work i bench ~6000(down)/~5000(up) kbps ( also across the country to megapath.com )

 

[reitz]

<< ADSL means the download and upload speeds are not the same.
SDSL means the download and upload speeds are the same. >>

That's not entirely true. Some DSL options are technically SDSL, but the upload speed is capped to prevent endusers from running various types of servers.

With true ADSL, such as what is offered by Verizon across most of the country, the upload and download speeds are dependent upon each other. i.e. When uploading, the max download speed will decrease, and vice versa. With SDSL, the upload and download &quot;pipes&quot; are independent of each other; uploading large files will not affect your download speed, and vice versa.

Thoroughly research the options in your area. While a DSL package may have asymmetric speeds, it may still technically be SDSL. When given the choice between 784/384 SDSL or 784/384 ADSL, the SDSL will always give better performance.