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RE: [TCLUG:1649] couple of ???



It may sound semmetric but it doesn't turn out that way in reality...  I
know when we get ADSL in my apartment, we expect 300k up and 700k down...
I have no idea as to why this is however.

At 01:27 PM 10/7/98 -0500, you wrote:
>It's my understanding that because the xDSL signal runs over the same   
>physical wire as your phone, you have to limit the total signal strength   
>in order to limit the total amount of interference.  You can split this   
>power different ways such as 1.5 Mbps both directions or 6 Mbps download   
>and 1 Mbps upload or the other splits discussed early in the DSL saga.   
> US West seems to have chosen a symmetric split of 256 Kbps both ways for   
>their entry level service, but the split is somewhat arbitrary.  Think of   
>it like a 4 lane highway to the Metro Dome.  You could have 3 lanes going   
>toward the dome and 1 going away, vice versa, or 2 lanes going each way.   
> I'm kind of glad that they chose symmetric.  Makes it fairly versatile   
>for client use (downloading Linux) or hosting a small web site.  This   
>seems better (at least to me) than just fast downloads.
>
>On Wednesday, October 07, 1998, Michael Hicks said:
>
>>
>> ... I don't really understand why xDSL can have different
>> up/down speeds ...
>
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