[Carl]

What`s the difference between ADSL and DSL?Somebody please tell me as this is really really p-ing me off.
many millions of thnx

[Dave Hybrid]

They are one and the same.

[mrdaveyk]

i was going to ask this the otherday, quick and easy answer aswell hehe

[Dave Hybrid]

SDSL is the only different type and is basically the same but the UL and DL speeds are matched.

[Carl]

How do they setup is it the same?i no ADSL you need the micro filter but what about DSL.
thnx for the reply.

[Dave Hybrid]

Eh?

They are the same thing, it is two different ways of saying the same thing.

Tomato, Tamarto.

[Carl]

oh ok i thoughtt they where to different things.Set up differently etc.thanks for the replys

[Dave Hybrid]

I said about 5 posts back they are the same thing.

[serverguy]

DSL stands for Digital Subscriber Line

ADSL stands for Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line

ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line - the form of DSL most familiar to home and small business users. ADSL is called "asymmetric" because most of its two-way or duplex bandwidth is devoted to the downstream direction, sending data to the user. Only a small portion of bandwidth is available for upstream or user-interaction messages. However, most Internet and especially graphics- or multi-media intensive Web data need lots of downstream bandwidth, but user requests and responses are small and require little upstream bandwidth. DSLAM (Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer) - a device that interconnects multiple DSL users to a high-speed backbone network. Typically, the DSLAM connects to an asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) network that can aggregate data transmission at gigabit data rates. At the other end of each transmission, a DSLAM demultiplexes the signals and forwards them to appropriate individual DSL connections.

DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) - a technology for bringing high-bandwidth information to homes and small businesses over ordinary copper telephone lines. Assuming your home or small business is close enough to a telephone company central office that offers DSL service, you may be able to receive data at rates up to 6.1 megabits (millions of bits) per second (of a theoretical 8.448 megabits per second), enabling continuous transmission of motion video, audio, and even 3-D effects. More typically, individual connections will provide from 1.544 Mbps to 512 Kbps downstream and about 128 Kbps upstream. A DSL line can carry both data and voice signals and the data part of the line is continuously connected. DSL competes with the cable modem and satellite transmission for high-bandwidth information reception.

They are exactly the same.

[Carl]

thanks a million serverguy this was more of the type of post i was after,i`ll be sure to print it out and read over it your the greatest thnx mate.

[serverguy]

No problem!

Theres some pretty complicated technical terms in there LOL

[Carl]

Originally Posted by serverguy No problem! Theres some pretty complicated technical terms in there LOL

computing is meant to be technical.

[MJM]

Originally Posted by Dave Hybrid They are one and the same.

I would tend to disagree with that a slight bit. Really ADSL is a type of DSL.
Knowledge is knowing tomato is a fruit, wisdom is not putting it into a fruit salad. So to say.

[leoh187]

Hi

On a technical note the previous posts are correct. However I am surprised no one has mentioned that:

Broadband that you get through your phone line is most commonly called ADSL.

However if you get it through a cable provider (Virgin etc) then it is usually just refered to as DSL.

So if you are wondering which router to buy, this is what you will need to look at.

I hope this helps.
Many Thanks

Leo