Cable Vs DSL
In our fast-paced society, nobody has time to sit in front of a computer idly waiting to connect to the ISP, or staring at the blank browser screen while for the graphics on a web page load. To those of us who feel “the need for speed” there are two reasonably priced alternatives for a private consumer, as well as small businesses. These are Digital Subscriber Line and Cable Internet. DSL is a dedicated line from your computer running directly to the phone company’s Central Office. In DSL, the data is sent over twisted-pair copper wiring already in place for regular analog phone communications. There are different types of DSL available to the consumer, each with unique characteristics. They are distinguished by upload/download bandwidth and cost. The other available technology is provided by the Cable companies. It is referred to as Cable Internet. A cable modem is a device that allows you to hook up your PC to a local cable TV line and receive data. Cable modem works under the assumption that data traffic is bursty in nature, and several hundred cable modem users can surf at the same time without noticeable loss of performance. If speeds begin to fall off due to heavy traffic, the cable operator c
G.Lite (same as DSL Lite) "Splitterless" DSL without the "truck roll" From 1.544 Mbps to 6 Mbps , depending on the subscribed service 18,000 feet on 24 gauge wire The standard ADSL; sacrifices speed for not having to install a splitter at the user's home or business When a cable company offers Internet access over their coaxial cable, Internet information easily fits into the boundaries of a 6-MHz channel. On the cable, the data looks just like a regular TV channel. “Therefore, Internet download data takes up the same amount of cable space as a single channel of programming. Upstream data -- information sent from an individual back to the Internet -- requires even less of the cable's bandwidth, just 2 MHz, since the assumption is that most people download far more information than they upload.” In order for the communication in both directions to occur, there are two required types of equipment: a cable modem on the customer end and a cable modem termination system (CMTS) at the cable provider's end. Finally, the last type of DSL that will be addressed in this report is VDSL. This is not one of the common types of DSL, as it generally has large cost associated with it. However, “the VDSL (Very high data rate DSL) is a developing technology that promises much higher data rates over relatively short distances (between 51 and 55 Mbps over lines up to 1,000 feet or 300 meters in length). It is envisioned that VDSL may emerge somewhat after ADSL is widely deployed and co-exist with it.”
Some topics in this essay:
System CMTS,
Subscriber Line,
Subscribers Line,
Mbps VDSL,
Cable Internet,
Wait Fortunately,
Static IP,
Information Systems,
Neighborhood DSL,
Splitterless DSL,
cable modem,
subscriber line,
digital subscriber line,
digital subscriber,
cable modem dsl,
coaxial cable,
24 gauge,
1544 mbps,
feet 24,
dsl cable,
mbps downstream,
feet 24 gauge,
24 gauge wire,
cable tv,
18000 feet 24,
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