DSL Standards Comparison

Type DSL

Standard

Modulation/encoding Technique

Speed

Distance Max Limit

Full-rate ADSL/G.DMT

ANSI T1.413 Issue 2

DMT or CAP

Downstream speeds of 384 Kbps to 8 Mbps – upstream up to 1.024 Mbps

18,000 feet

G.Lite

ITU-T G.992.1 ITU-T G.992.2

DMT

Downstream speed up to 1.5 Mbps – upstream speed up to 640 Kbps

18,000 feet

Very-high-data-rate DSL (VDSL)

In process as of this chart creation

DMT/QAM

12.96 Mbps – 52.8 Mbps - both upstream and downstream

4500 feet

ISDN DSL (IDSL)

ETSI ETR 080

2B1Q

144 Kbps - both upstream and downstream

18,000 feet

SDSL

None

2B1Q

768 Kbps - both upstream and downstream

22,000 feet

High-data-rate DSL (HDSL)

ITU-T G.991.1, ANSI TR 28

2B1Q

1.544 or 2.048 Mbps f- both upstream and downstream

12,000 feet

G.SHDSL

ITU-T G.991.2

TC PAM

192 Kbps to 2.3 Mbps - both upstream and downstream

28,000 feet