What Is Broadband, and How Does It Work?

Broadband refers to various high-capacity technologies that transmit data, voice, and video across long distances and at high ...
InfoWorld

ADSL adoption outpacing cable modems

Adoption of ADSL (Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line) high speed Internet services outpaced cable modem deployment in the U.S. during the second half of 2002, thanks to increased broadband ...
Computerworld

FCC: ADSL growth passed cable modems in late 2002

Adoption of Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) high-speed Internet services outpaced cable modem deployment in the U.S. during the second half of 2002, thanks to increased broadband ...
Computing

DSL-lite modems get boosted by BT

ADSL Working Group acquires the help of a big hitter in its effort to speed up universal acceptance of DSL-lite. BT has joined the Universal ADSL Working Group (UAWG) to help speedto speed up ...
AZ Central

Choosing between cable or DSL internet. Which is better for your area?

QUESTION: I’m moving to a new house where I can use either DSL or cable internet service, so which is better? ANSWER: Getting a solid internet connection has become a vital resource for us all, so ...
EDN

Improving ADSL modems

Andrea Gallo, Maddalena Brattoli and Nicola Magistro, ofSTMicroelectronics, describe how an ADSL modem's realtime controlsoftware can be run on a host over the USB. In the last few years there has ...