Edward Cable Cutter asked:
I have Broadband DSL here in the Bronx from my ISP “DSLONE”. Can I assume that all DSL performance is the same ? Since it is based on my land line phone service. Do some ISPs have better performing DSL? I do not know broadband technology but I am trying to learn.
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2 Comments
speed internet
Not all DSL performance is the same. The closer you are to the DSLAM, the higher the bandwidth the ISP can offer. All ISP’s are oversubscribed; that means that if they sell 1Gbps of DSL bandwidth, they do not have 1Gbps on backbone bandwidth. This is true for all ISP; carrier and residential. Some ISP’s are more oversubscribed than others.
rural high speed internet
No.
DSL comes in many flavors – ADSL, ADSL2+, VDSL, SDSL etc..
DSL is attempting to achieve high bandwidth over the same crappy twisted pair wires that regular telephone service is delivered over. Many of these wires, specially in a place the Bronx have been around for many years. DSL is also very distance sensitive. The shorter the run of wires between you and the DSLAM the better your performance.