[ It's Coming, Sort Of (This is not a poem) ]
From my ISP, Evolution Communications:
A note from BellSouth!
ADSL (Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line) provides high-speed
Internet access over traditional copper telephone lines, the kind
that almost certainly run to your house. Instead of using a
conventional modem, terminal adapter, or cable modem box, ADSL
uses a pair of transceivers - one in the Central Office, and the
other in a box similar to a network termination unit for ISDN on
the customer's premises.
With current ADSL technology, you can transmit data at over 6
Mbps per second when your data is moving in one direction (to
OR from your computer). Data moving in two directions (to and
from your computer) moves at speeds up to 640 kbps. Assuming
a comparison baseline of 33.6 kbps, ADSL provides one-way
(transmit or receive) data communications about 175 times faster
and two-way data communications about 20 times faster than
the data transmission and reception available over regular
telephone lines.
Important: Bell South will begin testing ADSL service later
this year. This service is currently not available to Bell
South customers
evcom.net
Of course, *I* don't have BellSouth, so it's a moot point for me.
Steve |
