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What is the difference between fiber optic and ADSL?

Optical fiber and ADSL are both broadband access methods. Broadband has a variety of access methods to the user end. The most commonly used ones are ADSL, vdsl, FTTB+LAN, fiber optic access, wireless access, power mode access, etc. The access method has no direct relationship with the applied bandwidth, which means that no matter which method is used to apply for 2M broadband, the speed can reach 2M. It’s just that the implementation path is different. Just like getting from somewhere to somewhere, you can get there by walking, taking a car, taking a plane, or taking a train. Because you are applying for 2M, you can meet your requirements no matter which method you use to access it. If the network speed is increased to Gigabit in the future, then ADSL, VDSL, fttb+lan, wireless and other methods will not be able to meet the needs. Optical fiber can meet the requirements. It is just necessary to replace the equipment on both sides of the terminal and replace the 100M equipment with 1000M. Just one trillion.

Broadband refers to a high-speed network access method, and optical fiber is a transmission medium, which is not the same concept. It can be understood that optical fiber is one of the ways to achieve broadband transmission. Today's broadband is basically divided into optical fiber access and ADSL access.

ADSL currently only has a maximum transmission capacity of 10M, while optical fiber has no such limitation.

Fiber optic and broadband are actually two different concepts. Optical fiber transmits signals in the form of light pulses, using glass or plexiglass as the network transmission medium. It is a transmission medium, just like twisted pair, thick cable, thin cable, etc., but its transmission speed is much faster than ordinary media, and can reach more than one gigabit per second.

What we call broadband refers to the speed of our Internet access. The speed of dial-up Internet access has increased from 14.4Kbps to 56Kbps. However, due to the quality of the telephone line, 56Kbps should be the average modem speed. It's the limit. If you want to get faster Internet speed, you have to go to Pixi Trail. Therefore, in recent years, various broadband access services have appeared one after another.