You will experience high-speed access from home as though you were sitting at your desk in the office. The distances are measured in cable length, not as the crow flies. Generally the cable connecting a customer to a Central Office does not run in a straight line. Instead, the cable twists and turns underground so the distance measured in cable feet is always longer than the distance measured as the crow flies. Customers who are located further from the Central Office than the distances listed below will not qualify for that particular DSL service.
All distances are approximate.
DSL is significantly faster than a 56 Kbps modem. Also, DSL is always on so there is no need to dial up to connect to the Internet. And because the connection is dedicated you will be able to host a web server whereas this is not feasible with a dial-up connection. DSL also makes it easy to connect multiple computers to one high-speed line to share the speed on that line among an entire office. Although cable can be appealing because of its price, there are some inherent drawbacks to cable modem service.