DSL

Short for Digital Subscriber Line, DSL is a remote access connection technology that will eventually allow users to download at speeds of up to 6Mbps as opposed to the current 56Kbps limitations seen with standard modems.

To do this, phone companies have started to upgrade their systems to handle digital data instead of the analogue data that modems send.  Because phone companies can use more band-width to send digital data, transmission speed will increase dramatically.