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-[Acronym] for __A__synchronous
__D__igital __S__ubscriber __L__ine.
+[Acronym] for __A__symetric
__D__igital __S__ubscriber __L__ine.
-A technology that uses the frequencies above human hearing to send data at high speed to the exchange (a technique also known as FrequencyDivisionMultiplexing, or BroadBand). It's limited in range, the closer you are the faster the top speed you can get, up to 8mbit downstream. (The maximum distance is dictated by the [Interleaving]). It's Asynchronous
because the upstream and downstream rates are different, upstream being much lower than downstream. Much of this is academic however, as most [ADSL] providers cap your bandwidth anyway. You'll need a special [ADSL] modem to use ADSL, and need special equipment at the exchange.
+A technology that uses the frequencies above human hearing to send data at high speed to the exchange (a technique also known as FrequencyDivisionMultiplexing, or BroadBand). It's limited in range, the closer you are the faster the top speed you can get, up to 8mbit downstream. (The maximum distance is dictated by the [Interleaving]). It's Asymetric
because the upstream and downstream rates are different, upstream being much lower than downstream. Much of this is academic however, as most [ADSL] providers cap your bandwidth anyway. You'll need a special [ADSL] modem to use ADSL, and need special equipment at the exchange.
Because [TelecomNZ] owns most of the LocalLoop in NewZealand, you can only get consumer [ADSL] through them. They call it JetStream. Customers on TelstraClear's network can get a product that used to be called [Tempest] but is now imaginatively called High Speed Internet.
* See [NZADSLPlans] for account types offered by [ISP]s in NZ.
