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Newer page: version 10 Last edited on Friday, March 18, 2005 4:47:57 pm by IanMcDonald
Older page: version 7 Last edited on Friday, March 12, 2004 6:47:03 pm by DanielLawson Revert
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 [Acronym] for __D__igital __S__ubscriber __L__ine 
  
-There are several types of DSL around, although only [ADSL] is readily available in New Zealand. 
+There are several types of DSL around, although only [ADSL] and [SDSL] are readily available in New Zealand. 
  
-| |[ADSL]|[VDSL ]|[HDSL ]|[SDSL
+Not many people are aware but Telecom is extensively selling [SDSL] to businesses when they order Ethernet connectivity and fibre to the premises are unavailable, they only need up to 2 Mbps or there will be a delay with getting higher speed product available. It is not sold as [SDSL] but called other names as Telecom starts to demphasie FrameRelay.  
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+ | |[ADSL]|[HDSL ]|[SDSL ]|[VDSL
 |Bits/second| 1.5 to 9Mbps downstream, 16 to 640 kbps upstream | 1.544 or 2.048 MBps | 1.544 or 2.048 Mbps | 13 to 52 Mbps downstream, 1.5 to 2.3 Mbps upstream 
 |Mode|Asymmetric|Symmetric|Symmetric|Asymmetric 
 |Copper Pairs|1|2|1|1 
 |Range (24-guage UTP)|3.7 to 5.5 km|3.7km|3.0km|1.4km 
@@ -12,8 +14,10 @@
 |Frequency|1 to 5 MHz|196kHz|196kHz|10MHz 
 |Bits/cycle|Varies|4|4|Varies 
  
 -- Taken from "Data and Computer Communications" - William Stalling - 6th Ed, ISBN:0130863882 
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+See also: [ADSL2]  
  
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