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On 29/04/16 19:35, Gordon Henderson wrote: > On Fri, 29 Apr 2016, Tremayne, Steve wrote: > >> (remember I'm on *A*DSL at the moment) ... > > Remember that "A" in ADSL means asymmetric. Almost all Digital > Subscriber Lines are asymmetric including the FTTC connection I have. > > Acronyms get abused though, so VDSL, ADSL2, 2+, etc. Mostly for > marketing purposes. > > I don't think it's possible to order the old (up to) 2Mb SDSL lines > anymore either. (Symmetric) > > Even Virgin Media cable could technically be called ADSL - It's still > an Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line... Although the term "subscriber > line" may now be an anachronism to really mean telephone line. > > Marketing. Bah. > > Gordon > SDSL is a thing .. but it comes at a price .. http://www.emnet.co.uk/sdsl/sdsl_500 .. or at 2Mbs .. http://www.emnet.co.uk/sdsl/sdsl_2000 .. not a whole lot of difference in price. It's a specialist market, like Tx leased lines, etc. that consumer's don't typically want to pay market rates for... MJE
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