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DSL

Digital Subscriber Line, or DSL, is a designation for the digital data transmission over the same wires as a telephone connection. Most often used to connect a computer to the Internet, DSL is advantageous over a dial-up connection in that the user can use phone lines for voice calls while the Internet connection is open, and because DSL is significantly faster than dial-up. DSL does have some disadvantages in comparison to other Internet connection methods, including a slower upload (sending information) speed than download (receiving data) speed. Download speed varies within the range of 256 kilobits per second to 24,000 kilobits per second. Preparation of a DSL connection involves installing a DSL transceiver, or modem, to the user's computer or local area network via an Ethernet cable. A DSL connection will grow weaker as it moves farther from the central office source, and so a distance of about 3 miles a DSL connection is not usually possible.

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