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>> "When the data speeds in both directions — downloading and uploading — were the same, there was a lot of electrical interference that slowed data traffic to a crawl.

>> ... such meddlesome interference — known as electrical crosstalk — could be drastically reduced if the download speeds were far faster than the upload speeds."

Cool, so DSL is prevented from increasing the upstream traffic by the physics - not a matter of upgrading the 'boxes' at each end of the wire.

parent richardwigley 11 years ago

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