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The service will now cover the five major commercial city centres in the region partly as a result of a campaign by Teesside-based technology company Onyx Internet, which reported a genuine demand for SDSL in the area.

Mindspeed's CX28975 and CX28985 solutions are backward-compatible with the company's large installed base of original ZipWire SDSL modem solutions that operate in 2B1Q mode.

RHK's new report also examines the role of SDSL in the broadband market.

For example, SDSL service typically peaks at 1.5Mbps, so it's more suitable for bridging the gap between dial-up modems and T1 speed.

NCIA Northern New FR, T1, Frac T1, ADSL, SDSL Statewide

According to the company, DualStream SDSL provides customers with two separate DSL circuits routing via different paths to the Internet.

Brian Crouch, BT's regional director for the North West, said: "The strength and diversity of the small and medium businesses in these areas make it an excellent place to introduce SDSL."

For the SME sector, SDSL (symmetric digital subscriber line) technologies show the greatest uptake due to its affordability and standardisation, whereas leased lines will remain the preferred technology in the enterprise sector.

But the latest SDSL gives the same speed levels in uploading as well.

Symmetrical Digital Subscriber Line (SDSL) is being touted as the next big thing in high-speed internet connections and is being brought to the region by business internet service provider Onyx Internet.

WorldDSL G.S modems achieve maximum data rates up to 2.304 Mbps and provide the benefit of higher speed symmetrical bandwidth compared to SDSL. WorldDSL G.S modems provide a 10% data rate gain in addition to a 10% to 15% reach advantage, compared to 2B1Q SDSL modems.

SDSL BRIDGE/ROUTER supports full ethernet router functions.

Franchesca Walker, vice president of Business Development at Telmax, said: "The Xtreme5100 Broadband Intelligent Business Gateway, utilizing the worldwide SHDSL draft standard, has the best properties of SDSL and HDSL2 combined offering Service Provides a resilient product to service the business community.

(Nasdaq:CNXT) to speed synchronous digital subscriber line (SDSL) service deployments and interoperability.

(NASDAQ:CNXT) AutoBaud technology has debuted in its entire line of ZipWire SDSL modem devices.