ADSL - Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line

ADSL broadband  is the most common type of broadband as it uses a standard phone line and is supplied though BT. As well as being a faster and more reliable internet service, ADSL broadband differs from dial up internet in that it splits your phone line in two. It simply means that by converting your analogue phone line to a digital line your phone line can now be used to simultaneously transmit data at high speed. As a result of switching to ADSL broadband, Data transfered is at a much higher rate than before, an analogue modem works at a maximum speed of 56Kbps, but ADSL broadband works at speeds of 512Kbps and above depending on where you are in england.