DSL is FAST internet service, with speeds that can reach over 50 times faster then your analog 56k modem. The speeds lets you listen to radio, TV, movie, concerts and many other media choices over the internet. Many people already know that a typical modem runs at a theoretical maximum of 56k bits per second. If you have a 56k modem, it can run at 56,000 bits per second max. That is about 18,000 bits long, or 2.2K bytes.
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With a DSL connection, your speeds start on the low end of 128,000 bits per second, or 128 Kbits per second. For example, with residential Pac Bell service, you will see download speeds starting at a minimum of 384K bits per second and topping out at 1.5Megabits. It has to do with distance. The closer you are to the phone company office, the faster they can send data to you. Upload speeds, or the speed at which you can send data to the internet, max out at 128 Kbits per second.