Digital Subscriber Line, or DSL, is a family of technologies that provide digital data transmission over the wires of a local telephone network.
Typically, the download speed of DSL ranges from 128 kilobits per second (kbit/s) to 24,000 kbit/s depending on DSL technology and service level implemented. Upload speed is lower than download speed for Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) and equal to download speed for Symmetric Digital Subscriber Line (SDSL).
DSL is the principal competition of cable modems for providing high speed Internet access to home consumers in Europe and North America. Older ADSL standards can deliver 8 Mbit/s over about 2 km (1.25 miles) of unshielded twisted pair copper wire. The latest standard, ADSL2+, can deliver up to 24 Mbit/s, depending on the distance from the DSLAM. * Some customers, however, are located farther than 2 km (1.25 miles) from the central office, which significantly reduces the amount of bandwidth available (thereby reducing the data rate) on the wires.
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