Q. What can I do with ADSL that I cannot do with dial-up?
A. With
SLT ADSL Express service you can download e-mail, surf web
pages, and transfer
files much quicker.You can even listen
to live music, or see real time video much faster
than ever before. Since ADSL connection
is always connected until you ideal for some time
your E-mail will appear in your mailbox
as it arrives.
Q. How does SLT ADSL Express
service differ from Internet Leased Line (ILL)
access as they both give me permanent
access at fixed cost?
A. SLT
ADSL Express service is similar to an ILL in the respect that
it gives permanent
Internet access at a fixed cost without
affecting your telephone line. However ILL is
asymmetric dedicated service creating
a permanent connection between your promises
and the Internet through Sltnet. On the
other hand ADSL is asymmetric and sharing the
contended capacity with many other users.
Q. What is my connection
speed to both local and international websites?
A. SLT
ADSL Express service provides a connection speed of up to
512kbps or 2 mbps
depending on the speed based on your subscribe
package. The performance also depends
on other factors such as website located
locally in internationally, number of users
accessing the web site, web site Internet
connected speed, etc.
Q. Why doesn't my ADSL modem
speed reach 512 kbps when I am on SLT
ADSL Home Express surfing internet?
A. Access
speed is just one of the many factors which affect the Internet
throughput
speed. Other factors that will affect
the speed are:
- The surfing web server performance.
- The surfing web server load
- The speed of the link connecting the web server to the
Internet
- Irregular Internet traffic all over the world
- Sltnet international Internet Backbone capacity and contention
- Quality of the ADSL line to your home
- Quality of the internal telephone wiring
- Distance between your home and the SLT Telephone Exchange.
- If your computer is infected by a spy-ware or virus.
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