[nycbug-talk] Why is DSL-Cable asynchronous?
Isaac Levy
ike at lesmuug.org
Sat Nov 1 18:11:21 EDT 2008
Hi All,
A simple question which I've never been able to answer for years:
Why is consumer dsl or cable asynchronous? Does it have something do
do with how the physical layer technology functions?
I don't want hypothesis, I'm dying to get a real answer.
To me, this seems to undermine the core nature of what the internet is
about- end to end connectivity.
I can understand speed limitations in the design of DSL/cable, I can
even understand the half-duplex nature of DSL lines- but the
asynchronous part baffles me.
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If this is perhaps the wrong list to ask this, any suggestions or urls
would be more than welcome.
Best,
.ike
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