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Java-Based Tools for Accurate Bandwidth Measurement of Digital Subscriber Line Networks
White Paper This paper presents the design and implementation of Java-based tools for accurate bandwidth measurement for xDSL (Digital Subscriber Line) networks, including the ADSL (Asymmetric DSL) case with... [09 Sep 2008]
Beyond Broadband - A Quiet Revolution
White Paper When people talk about 'broadband', however, most are talking about Asymmetric DSL (ADSL), which is still essentially a consumer technology. The benefits of the Internet, both for businesses and the... [23 Apr 2008]
Commercial WiMax on the council?
News However, the commercial side of the business provides an interesting offering to local businesses and residents, because WiMax does not require the use of a telephone line, unlike SDSL and ADSL (asymmetric... [19 Dec 2007]
The A to Z of broadband
News Because it's an asymmetric service - meaning it uses two separate frequency bands which can run at the same time - more data can be downloaded than uploaded, which makes it well-suited for web surfing. [01 Nov 2006]
Opinion: How broad is broadband?
Comment It concluded that asymmetric broadband internet access is in a separate market from narrowband internet access and as the government spokesman Lord Sainsbury expressed it: "This revised definition takes account of... [23 Feb 2005]
5 years ago... BT trials high-speed ADSL media service
News The content-oriented service will be based on ADSL (Asymmetric DSL), offering download speeds of 2Mbps - 35 times faster than 56Kbps dial-up modems. 10.12.1998: BT has stepped up its trials of high-speed... [10 Dec 2003]
Rural Midlands gets broadband... rejoice!
News Businesses in the area will be offered symmetric DSL (SDSL) services with faster upload speeds, which, it is claimed, are more suited to some business applications than standard asymmetric... [20 May 2003]
BT launches SDSL trial
News In contrast, ADSL (asymmetric DSL) has a slower upload speed, making it suitable for consumers and businesses that are mostly interested in downloading information. BT announced on Wednesday that it is... [11 Sep 2002]
BT broadband push set to disappoint
News BT is promoting a 512Kb line, but it is Asymmetric DSL (ADSL) which means the speed offered is one way - to the consumer, not away - and it is run over a shared network so the more users there are the... [26 Feb 2002]
SOS: Finding your way through the broadband acronym jungle
Comment DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) - which has received considerable publicity thanks to the squabble between the potential DSL service providers and BT - is an alternative worth considering once the... [12 Oct 2000]
Steady rise predicted for European ADSL services
News The roll-out of ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line) services across Europe over the next five years will be "steady, but not dramatic", according to the latest report from The Phillips Group. Germany emerged as the... [02 Nov 1999]
BT unveils long-awaited DSL roadmap
News The telco plans to upgrade 400 exchanges in the UK's ten largest cities, including Belfast, Birmingham, Cardiff, Glasgow and London, to run asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL) technology by the end of March 2000. [29 Jul 1999]
ADSL rollout set to kill off ISDN
News The rollout of BT's Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) technology could see the end of ISDN, according to Silicon.com guest interviewee Dusty McSheffrey. Conversely, he added, DSL technology does... [29 Jul 1999]
BT forced to unbundle local loop
News BT and other companies will almost certainly base future offerings on ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line), or other flavours of DSL which allow an 'always-on' service for large amounts of data and... [06 Jul 1999]
DSL technology backed at Supercomm '99
News Analog Devices and Texas Instruments will introduce chips for DSL modems later this year, while AMD and Virata say they are working on designs for asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL) modem chip sets. [10 Jun 1999]