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AM Frequency Hinders ADSL Capacity

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the so-much-for-talk-radio dept.

hajmola writes "a recent study has shown that AM radio may be causing problems for ADSL. According to this story at Network World, interference from AM stations can slash high-speed bandwidth by 40% on approximately 15% of ADSL connections. While AM interferes with download speeds, it does not affect upload speeds. AM frequency only affects ADSL and its subsets (not SDSL), including rate adaptive DSL and G.lite. "

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  1. Lotta greedy bastards here... by Wakko+Warner · · Score: 4
    "I can't download pr0n as fast as I should be able to, so let's ditch AM radio!" Now, let's see which came first, has more users (listeners), and is generally more useful to a greater amount of people. That would be AM radio. Maybe ADSL should be the one to have to change, wouldn't you say? Or, should I and millions of other people give up our baseball games, news reports, and weather so you can play Quake a little faster? It seems awfully ignorant to want to get rid of an entire medium just because another, poorly-designed, newer medium chokes because of it.

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