ADSL, on the other hand, slows down to 16Kbps upstream and 2Mbps downstream over the same distance - although it is rare for the splitters in the local exchange to be that far away from the receivers in the users' premises.
ADSL is more suitable for residential users and small businesses as they would mostly use it for downstream access, that's to say downloading from the internet, but having upstream speed requirements of much less than 2Mbps," Johnson explains.
This means it will be an asymmetric connection, like ADSL, with users offered a faster connection downstream than upstream. It is likely that Broadreach's on-board Wi-Fi system will use a satellite connection to provide downstream bandwidth, and...
The more locations an operator has access to, the greater the amount of traffic on their networks and the more attractive the operator becomes as a potential partner for cellular and cable companies. Where it will work is with providers that can...
Cisco has launched a new internet router claimed by the company's chief executive to be "the biggest jump in innovation since our first router 20 years ago". A major barrier, though, is the reliance of operators on voice traffic for revenue.
One of the products highlighted by Moss was the Citrix Netscaler, which is a load balancing appliance that is capable of managing network traffic on the application layer. All of the networking gear is Cisco and Citrix Netscalers are used to load...