DSL is shared via frame relay down at the phone company. If the
frame-relay is not managed well in your area (if they try to cram too many
DSL user onto one circuit), it could affect the traffic rate
tremendously. When we first set up one of our DSL lines, the highest
upload speed we could manage (using the speed tester at dslreports.com) was
120. We had to work with the ISP and the phone company for several weeks
before the problem was solved. After they tuned it (I assume they moved us
to a circuit with less traffic), we could manage 600+ and 700+ at
times. This is on a line advertised as 768 max. My understanding of
T1's is that you share with nobody--it's guaranteed bandwidth. DSL is way
far cheaper, but you'll have to monitor it to make sure you are getting
what you pay for.
RJ
At 01:30 PM 5/16/01, you wrote:
> >Remember that with DSL everyone on the line
> > share access and the speed is relative to how many person are connected
>and
> > what they are doing at any one time. If your customer gets 1.5Mb speed
> > they will share that with other users in the area and with their own
> > internal workstation.
>
>DSL is not shared with other users. That is, the bandwidth you have is
>dedicated to your phone line. Of course, the users _within_ your
>organization share the bandwidth on the line.
>
>Cable modems do provide bandwidth that is shared with other users in your
>neighborhood.
>--
>Larry
>
>
>
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