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To: Ploni who wrote (4905)	1/26/1998 6:53:00 PM
From: Ploni	Respond to of 10479

Here's another interesting article, highlighting the coordination of "ADSL Light." biz.yahoo.com The article also links to a website, adsl.com, which has some good information. I see that asynchronous DSL (ADSL) means that the bandwidth (and thus speed) is greater for downloading than uploading. (This is also a weakness of those cable modems which operate on one-way systems, and require upload via slow phone modem). Of course, we generally spend much more time in downloading, and our uploading requirements are typically for very short files. It's only when we need to upload large files, such as via e-mail or to a website, that we would suffer from the slower upload speed. This ADSL thus sounds comparable to most of the cable modems. Bidirectional cable systems and modems may still have an edge, because of their higher upload speeds. However, it's been pointed out that cable systems are shared, and that the system may slow down as more subscribers sign on. In contrast, the telephone line systems are based on unique copper pairs, so there won't be any bottlenecks during the "final mile" to the household.