DSL stands for Digital Subscriber Line, and it’s essentially internet over copper. Up until the mid-1990s, many people accessed the internet by using modems of various baud rates, myself included.

Visit our full methodology page and advertising disclosure to learn more. DSL, or digital subscriber line, is a dedicated internet connection that offers home Wi-Fi speeds of up to 115 Mbps.

Eddy Barker — who is now AT&T's AVP of Mobility and Access Architecture and recently earned the AT&T Fellow designation — ...

A device used to connect a single computer or a network to a telephone company digital subscriber line (DSL) service for Internet access. DSL is faster than analog dial-up but significantly slower ...