DSL+Modem

=DSL Modem=

We log on the internet on a daily basis.Whether we browse at home, in the office or at school using our computer, we are connected to a cable modem, well known as a DSL, or digital subscriber line. DSL offers higher speed connection than a regular home modem and is connected via a regular telephone line. If we use WiFi, or wireless internet connection, the internet line is still connected to a router, which is connected to a modem. Therefore, the modem at home or DSL in the office or school are our gateways to the internet, whether browsing using WiFi or old fashioned cable modem. [|Click to recieve a visual of a Modern DSL].

Hundreds of websites are established everyday, offering media streaming, RSS feeding, uploading of files and many other services available without any fee to users. To upload a file quickly, to stream a video efficiently and swiftly or receive updates from a website we must have a high speed connection to the internet that can carry high bandwidth. That is where DSL comes in. Developed in 1989 DSL was majorly aimed at video streaming. However, realizing its potential, internet providers decided to invest in further research and development of the prototype. A couple of years later, the new and improved DSL was out in the market, available for office use, providing faster Internet browsing and streaming than ever. "Modern equipment that sends digital rather than analog data can safely use much more of the telephone line's capacity. DSL does just that." (Court Franklin, //How Stuff Works//)

Today the market of DSL is highly developed and internet providers compete each other in providing faster internet connection for the lowest price. The fastest and cheapest internet providers today are Verizon Online DSL, AT&T DSL Direct and COVAD.