Designing Home and SME Networks 09 – Making the Connection
[ad_1] As mentioned in earlier articles, most people access the Internet using a DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) connection using the telephone (POTS) network. More subscribers are beginning to use the cable connections provided for cable TV, either co-ax or optical fiber, and, increasingly, 3G mobile telephone connections. A minority use other forms of connectivity such as dedicated telephone lines or optical fibers (leased lines) or satellite links.Of these, the ADSL telephone link or cable-provider connection is by far the most common and is, usually, the cheapest.What are the characteristics of the ADSL connection? It is mainly a data-download facility, with download (downlink) bandwidths usually much greater than upload (uplink) bandwidths. For most people, this is fine, as they want to access information that is available on the Internet, such as web sites,...


