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It is retained for the value of any residual information contained in it. DSL - Section 3More detail.. DSL[2] (Digital Subscriber Line) is a generic name for a family of standards allowing high speed data transfer over telephone lines (POTS), otherwise known as twisted pair. For carrying IP, DSL competes with cable modems, satellite digital data feeds, wireless digital data, ISDN, 56k modems and more expensive frame-relay lines etc.
Since the twisted pair lines used in the telephone network that are to carry DSL are not shielded from interference, there are limits on the distance DSL signals can travel before degrading the maximum DSL speeds available in all DSL standards.
This distance limitation of DSL is only one of many potential technical hurdles to pass before an installation is complete.
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twisted pairThe most clearly described piece of technology around! take a look at a phone line and you will see that it is simply two single core copper wires that are twisted round each other.. there is no shielding, and the copper may date back to the 50s, hence the difficulty designing standards and equipment that will work reliably on such a variable quality pathway.
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