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Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line – ADSL
Some of you may know all about the future of cables. I didn’t, so I did some research, and for the people like me, I’m posting what I found. Don’t be a hater.
ADSL
This operates on the ‘duplex transmission method’ (allowing data to travel in both directions at the same time) at a rate of 6 megabits per second, 100 times faster than ISDN. It’s termed ‘asymmetric’ since most of the data transfer is in the downstream mode (internet supplier to pc).
Along with data transmission, a portion of the bandwidth can be used for voice transmission at the same time to allow the use of the phone and high speed internet connection simultaneously.
The practical use of this will be that without sacrificing speed or quality of games, it will be possible not only to see, but hear your fellow gamers, giving almost all the human interactionof mates around a tv. Also trash talking your oponents always sounds better when you’ve not just been killed as a sitting duck while at the keyboard.
Also, it eliminates the conflict of someone wanting to use the phone mid-game, preventing te annoying nagging at your consience when you make your gran wait for you to finish a game before she can call herself an ambulance (even though you know if she puts her fingers in the freezer they’ll be able to sew them right back on again at the hospital).
At the moment, BT offers ADSL at £40 per month with a £150 instalation charge, though at limited availability. The standard ‘home 500’ service works downstream at 500 kbps, upstream at 250 kbps, going up to the best package, ‘business 2000 plus’, downstream at 2000 kbps, upstream at 250 kbps (take a look at btopenworld.com). Currently, however, the service is only available for data transmission. We’re likely to have to wait a while before voice transmission is available on the same service.
Looking to the future, we can expect competition to force prices down, and eventually this technology should mean that a single phone line is capable of serving all data and voice transmission needs at a great standard of performance.
The future’s bright. The future’s fast.
Some of you may know all about the future of cables. I didn’t, so I did some research, and for the people like me, I’m posting what I found. Don’t be a hater.
ADSL
This operates on the ‘duplex transmission method’ (allowing data to travel in both directions at the same time) at a rate of 6 megabits per second, 100 times faster than ISDN. It’s termed ‘asymmetric’ since most of the data transfer is in the downstream mode (internet supplier to pc).
Along with data transmission, a portion of the bandwidth can be used for voice transmission at the same time to allow the use of the phone and high speed internet connection simultaneously.
The practical use of this will be that without sacrificing speed or quality of games, it will be possible not only to see, but hear your fellow gamers, giving almost all the human interactionof mates around a tv. Also trash talking your oponents always sounds better when you’ve not just been killed as a sitting duck while at the keyboard.
Also, it eliminates the conflict of someone wanting to use the phone mid-game, preventing te annoying nagging at your consience when you make your gran wait for you to finish a game before she can call herself an ambulance (even though you know if she puts her fingers in the freezer they’ll be able to sew them right back on again at the hospital).
At the moment, BT offers ADSL at £40 per month with a £150 instalation charge, though at limited availability. The standard ‘home 500’ service works downstream at 500 kbps, upstream at 250 kbps, going up to the best package, ‘business 2000 plus’, downstream at 2000 kbps, upstream at 250 kbps (take a look at btopenworld.com). Currently, however, the service is only available for data transmission. We’re likely to have to wait a while before voice transmission is available on the same service.
Looking to the future, we can expect competition to force prices down, and eventually this technology should mean that a single phone line is capable of serving all data and voice transmission needs at a great standard of performance.
The future’s bright. The future’s fast.
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Pika my ars......
Pika my nose.
:-)
Um, wrong!
BT are best.
Go on, help pay my wages. ;-D
BT are best.
Go on, help pay my wages. ;-D
Well, it was when we took it up.
Works out better for me all round though.
BT first line rental: £11.99
NTL: £9.78 (free if switching to digital)
BT 2nd line installation: £49.50
NTL: free
BT 2nd line monthly rental: £9.99
NTL: £6-ish
You can go through BT SurfTime which may work out cheaper, but that restricts your ISP choice, and incurs ISP charges (i.e. Demon).
If BT can match my current internet costs of £6-ish line rental a month for completely free internet access, any day, any time, please let me know!
Works out better for me all round though.
BT first line rental: £11.99
NTL: £9.78 (free if switching to digital)
BT 2nd line installation: £49.50
NTL: free
BT 2nd line monthly rental: £9.99
NTL: £6-ish
You can go through BT SurfTime which may work out cheaper, but that restricts your ISP choice, and incurs ISP charges (i.e. Demon).
If BT can match my current internet costs of £6-ish line rental a month for completely free internet access, any day, any time, please let me know!
Wòókiee Møn§†€R wrote:
> Further to the NTL info:
Having the basic package (one phone
> line, cheaper than BT all round)
Isn't.
> Further to the NTL info:
Having the basic package (one phone
> line, cheaper than BT all round)
Isn't.
I already have free access via NTL, and I'll be switching to the cable modem option in July or soon after.
Yes, sorry - I should have clarified the Kbytes/Kbits issue.
That 512K/sec is KiloBits, so that works out at a potential max of 64KiloBytes/sec, as i've said, you can get around 70-74 on occasions.
If you can afford it, and NTL do it in your area, its really worhtwhile. Especially if you do a a lot of downloading, or you play games a lot over the net.
If you can afford it, and NTL do it in your area, its really worhtwhile. Especially if you do a a lot of downloading, or you play games a lot over the net.
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