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Who uses SDSL services?

An SDSL line could provide small and medium-sized businesses with the perfect solution when it comes to common communications problems. The service, which is cheap and robust when compared to larger, more traditional broadband connections, has proved popular with firms in the UK, North America and Asia. This is primarily because an SDSL line gives its users access to a dedicated line which is both uploading and downloading at the same speed simultaneously and at a very high rate.

In terms of its infrastructure, an SDSL line is simply two copper wires which can range as far as 10,000 feet. However, where an SDSL line differs from a typical broadband connection is in its exclusivity - it does not share bandwidth with voice calls or any other communications service. This means that companies taking out an SDSL service can rely on it to help manage and host internal websites and busy e-mail servers with next to no effort.

How SDSL works

So how does an SDSL service do it? Basically, SDSL is different because it does not use Frame Relay, which is a data transmission practice that passes information to different destinations using intermediate node points. This provides customers with another plus point when it comes to security, as the connection is no longer being split between services, leaving unwanted intruders with fewer options.

If this doesn't sound persuasive enough to potential customers, maybe the robust capabilities of an SDSL line will help. Indeed, an SDSL connection gives users a contention ratio of 10:1, which means it will only very rarely buckle or perform slowly during periods of heavy network traffic.

Companies in the market for a change to a faster, more reliable way to exchange data should look no further than SDSL.