What sort of transfers could I expect with a regular dial-up connection combined with an adsl modem?
Some people I have talked to say that there will be no improvement, whereas others say that I would notice a dramatic increase.
I was wondering if you could dispel this myth has been bothering me for quite some time.
Thanking you in advance,
David Aspden
Re: ADSL connection speeds
ADSL is faster. A lot.
Browsing regular web pages will be a fair bit faster. Downloading software will be dramatically faster. Streaming media will be greatly improved.
If you're trying to connect to a server that is overloaded, or if there's a poor connection, it will be just as slow over ADSL as over a modem.
Otherwise, I wonder what on earth these people you are talking to are on about. Why would you pay 3 times as much for ADSL if it wasn't any faster than a modem?
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