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. ADSL stands for Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line. The ÔasymmetricÕ part simply means that you can download over the line faster than you can upload Ð good for home users, who generally download (get things from the Internet) far more than they upload (send things to it). | 
