This means that as they add more and more subscribers on your line, your speeds will drop dramatically. Much faster than standard 56k dialup. On all the time. No chance of busy signals. No waiting for the modems to dial, then connect, then authenticate, it's just there, all the time, instantly.
Web sites are faster, email is faster.
Some files on the Internet are very large. ADSL allows these large files to download in a flash instead of tying up a phone line and computer for hours. More costly than standard 56k dialup. There are so many options that are out there that appear to be on par with Netpath's ADSL service, however they are not. One major reason is in the design of the infrastructure.