Is it true that only DSL Internet access provides a dedicated connection?
Both DSL and cables’ hybrid fiber coax (HFC) technologies provide shared access to the Internet at some point — but in very different ways. In fact, the Internet itself is a network of networks, shared by millions of users worldwide. The only dedicated portion of a DSL circuit exists between the user’s business and the telephone company’s central office. Beyond that point, DSL subscribers are on the telephone company’s metropolitan network, shared with other DSL, data and telephone subscribers. The business user’s connection then is routed to an Internet Service Provider (ISP), where it is shared with all other ISP subscribers before being transmitted to the Internet.
