DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) is a technology for bringing
high-bandwidth information to homes and small businesses
over ordinary copper telephone lines. xDSL refers to different
variations of DSL, such as ADSL, HDSL, and RADSL. Assuming
your home or small business is close enough to a telephone
company central office that offers DSL service, you may be
able to receive data at rates up to 6.1 megabits (millions
of bits) per second (of a theoretical 8.448 megabits per
second), enabling continuous transmission of motion video,
audio, and even 3-D effects. More typically, individual connections
will provide from 1.544 Mbps to 512 Kbps downstream and about
128 Kbps upstream. A DSL line can carry both data and voice
signals and the data part of the line is continuously connected.
DSL installations began in 1998 and will continue at a greatly
increased pace through the next decade in a number of communities
in the U.S. and elsewhere. Compaq, Intel, and Microsoft working
with telephone companies have developed a standard and easier-to-install
form of ADSL called G.Lite that is accelerating deployment.
DSL is expected to replace ISDN in many areas and to compete
with the cable modem in bringing multimedia and 3-D to homes
and small businesses. Dataquest, a market research firm,
forecasts 5.8 million lines installed by the end of 1999.
DSL is a dedicated connection 24/7 without
any dial-up. You will never again have waste time dialing
into your ISP. Whenever you are ready to connect to the
Internet, you simply launch a browser and surf at astonishing
speeds.
For SDSL DSL service please call The
VIPowerNet office at 714-3700.
- $49.95 per month for 1st 3 months, until
further notice.
- $59.95 per month after 1st 3 months of
service.
- Up to 1MB speed available.
- All new accounts
include 5 FREE e-mail accounts and 10 MB of web space.
- Additional
mailboxes available; $2.00 per month per box.
- Additional
web space available; $1.00 per month per 1 MB.
- Modem Required.
2 payment options available:
- Easy 6 months payment plan
of $18 per month for 6 months. or
- $99 purchase at time of
sign-up.
- $80 one-time installation charge will
appear on your 1st months bill. ($155 one-time Innovative
Telephone installation charge minus $75 VIPowerNet Rebate.)
(Example:
Total due at time of sign-up is your 1st month of service,
$49.95 and 1st modem payment of $18, total start up cost,
$67.95.