What is DSL?

Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) is an always-on-internet connection that ends in a socket on your wall, that (looks much like a phone socket) and, for the popular residential DSL,

(ADSL), the same housewiring carries both phone calls and data! DSL is billed per month for a fixed price for unlimited usage. In other words, whether you use it for checking news headlines once a day, monitor your e-mail and stock portfolio or download software constantly, your bill is always the same.

Once you have a DSL line, you can use all the resources of the internet, in the same way as you did from a regular modem. The major difference is you can use them 24hrs, with no connection delay, without any 'username' and 'password', busy signal or any connection/disconnection process.

The key advantage of DSL over modem is speed. DSL is from several, to dozens, of times faster than a modem connection. A complex web page that could take up to a minute to finish loading, can appear in just seconds over DSL. Internet connection speed, and reliability, are the main reasons you would want DSL service from ODG.

What does DSL mean for me?

At home or at the office, DSL gives you great data transmission speed for a reasonable price. In addition, it is a constant connection so you have access to the Internet and e-mail 24/7. There is no need to dial each time you want to get on-line.

What are the limitations of DSL?

DSL availability depends on the physical distance of your location from a Central Office and availability of the service by local phone companies in your area. But with DSL technology developing this rapidly, new locations will be introduced soon and that efforts will be made to improve the transmission over greater distances. Please contact ODG to discuss your DSL possibilities. Our representatives can assess whether DSL is available in your town and if you are within the proper range of the Central Office.