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Mntsnow
06-15-2004, 10:58 AM
Texas Instruments has developed new DSL technology that will make it easier for phone companies to boost their bandwidth offerings, so they can offer new services like voice and video over broadband connections.

On Monday, the chipmaker announced Uni-DSL, or UDSL, which raises the bandwidth of digital subscriber line technology to the level necessary to deliver high-definition television (HD-TV) signals and other advanced video services, as well as voice and data.

The Uni-DSL technology, which is backward-compatible with standardized variations of DSL, including asynchronous DSL (ADSL) and very high-speed DSL (VDSL), will allow carriers to boost their bandwidth to 200mbps (megabits per second), said Pete Chow, Texas Instruments' chief technology officer for DSL technology. Read more (http://news.com.com/New+DSL+technology+designed+for+video%2C+voice/2100-1037_3-5233224.html)

BBA
06-25-2004, 10:40 PM
200 Mb/S? Who needs OC3 anymore...

WOW!

darkomni
06-26-2004, 12:14 AM
naw its only like 200 mbs if u live like 5 feet from the dsl center. then like 52 if u live within 800 meters. then normal adsl within 5-6 kilo meters.

800 meters is a about a half mile so ud better live pretty close to a dsl center