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RE: next question - cable access vrs DSL

To: <sch8489@garnet.acns.fsu.edu>
Subject: RE: next question - cable access vrs DSL
From: "Randall Young" <ryoung@navcomtech.com>
Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 16:04:40 -0700
dms@scheidt.chem.nd.edu wrote :

> T1 is a four-wire connection used to deliver 24 64 Kbps full-duplex PCM
> channels (called DS0s) via TDM.
>  A T3 is a coax cable that presents a DS-3, which is
> 28 DS1s, or 672 DS0s, an aggregate data rate of 44.736 Mbps.  DS3s are
> almost always presented over fibre these days.

Note that most DSL is ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line), meaning the
max data rate is only available in one direction at a time.  For T1/T3, the
max speed is available both directions at once.  Symmetric DSL does exist,
but is rarely used.

Randall

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