[Nottingham] Re: ISP ADSL

[James Gibbon]

On Fri, Apr 28, 2006 at 12:10:42PM +0100, Alex Tibbles wrote:
> I thought DSL contention was something to do with the number of
> connections sharing an ATM VC? (Sharing is it 17Mb/s)? Or is it one of
> those terms loosely applied to a number of things but strictly meaning
> a few different things?
> 

The 50:1 figure derives from the fact that at the exchange, BT's domestic
customer ADSL lines are plugged into a card with 50 connections (their
business customers share a card with 20 connections).

James

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