What is the difference between DSL & Cable Modems?
Cable Modems operate over two-way hybrid fiber/coax, DSL operate over existing copper telephone lines. Both technologies address vast markets for Internet access, remote LAN access for work at home and telecommuting, distance learning, and special network access for the hundreds of millions of personal computers out there today. The advantage of DSL is compromised by inevitable reductions in available cable modem speed. Cable modems share a line with tens of other users; as more users join that line, the capacity available to any one inevitably drops. DSL offers a much higher rate of security and reliability. Cable modems may offer a slightly less expensive network solution because of their shared architecture, but that differential is more than offset by infrastructure costs required to upgrade existing networks to HFC. The largest advantage of DSL, is the number of telephone lines already installed that can support DSL compared to the number of HFC lines available, or prospectively a
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