Until 2005-2006 broadband access ( mostly using ADSL ) was available only in a few major cities in Belarus.

ADSL speeds range from 512 kbit / s to the maximum speed of 1 Mbit / s through ADSL broadband.

* HGC ADSL & VDSL broadband of speeds up to 100M / 100M.

* NWT ADSL & VDSL broadband of speeds up to 10M / 10M.

* One Broadband ADSL broadband of speeds up to 8M / 256K.

Once the concept of broadband Internet access came to be associated with data rates incoming to the customer at 256 kbit / s or more, and alternatives like ADSL grew in popularity, the consumer market for BRI did not develop.

With the introduction of broadband technology, the load on bandwidth is being absorbed by ADSL.

Since the end of 1990s, broadband access techniques such as ADSL, Cable modems, fiber-to-the-building ( FTTB ) and fiber-to-the-home ( FTTH ) have become wide spread to small offices and homes.

Internet usage in the country has been hampered by the inadequate fixed-line infrastructure and the high cost of international bandwidth, but this market sector has started to accelerate following the introduction of various kinds of broadband services including ADSL, cable modems, WiMAX wireless broadband and mobile data services, and then the landing of the first international submarine fibre optic cable in the country ( SEACOM ) in 2009.

The number of residential and business internet networks totaled around 5. 7 million in 2011, of which around 5. 5 million were broadband connections, mainly ADSL.

As of 31 December 2010, Orange has 13. 7 million broadband ADSL customers worldwide, 67 % of whom are in France40.

For customers who do not live in cabled areas, NTL offers an ADSL broadband service through BT landlines under the Virgin. net brand, which it acquired in 2004 from Virgin Group, who founded it in 1996.

The broadband technologies in widest use are ADSL and cable Internet access.

* 2005: Ihug offloads satellite infrastructure to concentrate on ADSL broadband.

Demon still offers SDU service at the same price today but many customers today use ADSL (" broadband ").

Typical upstream backchannels are phone line or broadband Internet connection ( ADSL, or 56k in Italy, using a modem included in the set-top box ).

Telecom's broadband Internet service based on ADSL technology, called JetStream, was launched and rolled-out progressively in local exchanges.

In the business segment Vivodi offers a range of broadband services, including ADSL, ADSL2 +, SDSL and VPN solutions.

* Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line ( ADSL ) broadband internet connectivity

As of 2005, Telmex holds more than 80 % of the market as ISP, and is also the leader in broadband access with its brand Prodigy Infinitum ( ADSL ).

The retail arm had been neglected, and the company moved very late into ADSL, meaning that it had difficulty positioning itself as a broadband player.

There is access to regular ADSL, G. SHDSL, and services only on metropolitan areas, costs are high and service is decent.

ADSL services were launched in Stanley in mid 2006.

10 at least ( 2003 ), with most of them ADSL / DSL / Cable services.

ADSL services were introduced in 2002.

Sapphire uses the Gibtelecom ADSL concentrator to reach customers that are outside their own network, and sells high Internet bandwidth services and internet connectivity competing directly with Gibtelecom.

ADSL services were introduced in 2002, by 2005, there were several thousand users.

Because of the widespread availability of ADSL services, ISDN is today primarily used for voice and fax traffic, but is still very popular thanks to the pricing policy of German telecommunication providers.

Lebanon provides three types of services: dialup services, wireless Internet service and ADSL.

ADSL in Lebanon is still suffering from state-owned OGERO's monopoly over the bandwidth and nation-wide corruption, resulting in the worst services at the highest prices ( with over 1000 % taxation ) and lack of competition between ISPs.

Wireless Internet services were offered for the first time in 2005 to palliate for the absence of ADSL infrastructure at the time.

ADSL carrier services in Lithuania are provided by monopoly Teo LT.

New entrants, on the other hand, argue that since they cannot economically duplicate the incumbent's local loop, they cannot actually provide certain services, such as ADSL without LLU, thus allowing the incumbent to monopolise the respective potentially competitive market ( s ) and stifle innovation.

The monopoly is retained by Mauritius Telecom ( MT ) which provides dial-up & ADSL services over existing telephone lines.

TDM, Mozambique's national fixed-line operator, offers ADSL Internet services for home and business customers.

ADSL services were launched in 2005 in Oman through the provider Omantel, the only ISP in Oman.

* ADSL services, provided by the monopoly state-owned telco company ( ANTEL ).

Telecom Vanuatu Limited ( TVL )-Provides WIMAX ( 256kb-1Mb ), ADSL ( 128kb-1Mb ), Wireless ( limited to downtown Port Vila ) and various fixed and leased line services.

Venezuela has many Internet service providers, although the market is dominated by the now state-owned CANTV. net which offers ADSL and Dialup services.

Along with a SIP VoIP handset for making voice calls, it enabled subscribers to access voice, video and data services over a 10MB symmetrical ADSL fiber connection.

Consumer-oriented ADSL was designed to operate on existing lines already conditioned for Basic Rate Interface ISDN services, which itself is a switched digital service ( non-IP ), though most incumbent local exchange carriers ( ILECs ) provision Rate-Adaptive Digital Subscriber Line ( RADSL ) to work on virtually any available copper pair facility — whether conditioned for BRI or not.

For example, Call waiting, caller ID and ADSL services are often affected by high REN.

ADSL services are widely available, as are Frame Relay and other more advanced services.