Venkat-
If I recall correctly an adsl connection is not much different than a pots
or plain old dial connection except you have a dedicated phone line. The
condition of the phone line between your computer and your ISP determines
how fast your connection is. When you connect to your ISP the modem on that
end talks (Handshakes) with the modem in your computer. They start at a
high
rate and then drop down in speed until they find a speed at which both can
send and receive reliably. Condition of the phone lines and traffic on the
net have an effect on speed available. I use plain Dial Up and at present
am
connected at 52 kbps however that is the idle speed. If I upload or
download
data the speed will be lower. Downloads usually start at about 12 or 13
kbps
but usually slow down to around 5-7 kbps. If the net is really busy or I
try
to surf the web while waiting for a download to complete it might slow down
to 2 or 3 kbps. Go to this site and look around. Maybe you can better
understand how the system works.
http://www.modemhelp.org/dsl.html
Look around the other pages on this site. Lots of good info here.
HTH
John Dinges
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