With ADSL, subscribers can now get up to 6 Mbps of data in one direction, or about 832 kbps or more data in both directions. These rates of expansion enable the expansion of existing access capacity by a factor of about 50 or more. And that too, without the need for new cabling. The ADSL circuit uses an ADSL modem on each end of the twisted-pair telephone line. The main difference between ADSL and cable is that ADSL uses your existing phone lines, while cable uses dedicated cables laid by a cable company Ð the same ones you can use to receive cable television transmissions. | 
