DSL customers share the bandwidth of the trunks used to connect the central office to the ISP. In truth it is more a question of marketing model than one of technology. A marketing model that requires 10 DSL subscribers to share a single T1 between the
co and the ISP would result in the same situation as a broadband/cable marketing model that provides the same usable bandwidth to its subscribers.
Keith Hopkins wrote:
> >From what I remember reading....
>
> Broadband is like having any network over coax (remember 10base-2?), you have a big collision domain that every "segment" of users share. If the vendor overloads the segment with users, available bandwidth drops dramatically, and problems can ensue.
> xDSL can (depending on the vendors implementation) take advantage of switching technologies, since every line is a "home run" to the CO.
> So, if your vendor has implemented it correctly, xDSL has the potential for better bandwidth, outages that effect fewer customers and much better management of equipment. Remember: the word here is "potential".
>
> "I. M." wrote:
> > Heyla all, me again.
> > My SO wants me to ask which is better, broadband or
> > DSL, and I'd like to know the same, and also, which is
> > the most stable, and does this vary from company to
> > company?
> > -Indira
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