Speeds of up to 40 times faster than the conventional modem makes Broadband today the preferred method of sending data over the internet. The two many products are the Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) and the Symmetrical Digital Subscriber Line (SDSL). Both products provide choices for speed and contention ratios. If you are looking to set up a wide area network you would almost definitely be left with using the SDSL for its symmetry.

Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) enables faster data transmission over a SAL than a dial up modem would permit at the same time as allowing a voice call to be carried simultaneously. It does this by utilizing the frequencies that are not being used to carry voice. The modem used by the Customer splits the voice and data then at the telephone exchange the Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer (DSLAM) sends the voice call over the conventional telephone network and the Data element onto the IP network. The Internet.

As the word Asymmetric would suggest the Data capability is greater in one direction, the service is not symmetrical. Typically the down load would be 2 megabit wih the upload 256 kilobit.

• ADSL 20:1, 512kps - 2mbps
• ADSL 50:1, 512kps - 2mbps
• ADSL MAX, up to 8mbps. Either 442kbps or 832kbps upstream

Symmetrical Digital Subscriber Line (SDSL) differs from ADSL in that it is symmetrical in its data transmissions typically 2 megabit both ways and as the full range of frequency is being used for data there is no room for analogue voice

• SDSL 10:1, 512kbps - 2mbps

For speeds over 2mb up to 10gb Xtel Europe by combining five Tier 1 ISPs can provide a highly resilient internet solution back by a SLA ensuring that you are never disconnected from the internet. Access is achieved either by DSL, SDH or Ethernet.

Xtel Europe can provide the Broadband only service, Dial up, ADSL or SDSL or if required additional services include.

• End-User Control Panel with full support features
• POP3 or IMAP mailboxes
• Dynamic IP addressing
• Optional domain name service
• Optional fixed IP addressing
• Web Site Hosting
• Web Site Development
• Fire Walls
• Security
• Domain name registration