Air-Frame vs. ADSL Modems

Air-Frame can provide up 4 times the performance of an ADSL connection depending on features and data.

ADSL performance is variable based on the distance from the Central Office (or Telephone Exchange). The maximum typical performance is about 960K bits/s downstream (to the customer) and 256K bit/s upstream, giving a total bandwidth of 1.2 M bit/s. Depending on a variety of factors the actual connection speed can be considerably lower.

Air-Frame-10.2 and Air-Frame-100 provide 1.2 M bit/s of raw bandwidth which is about the same as a typical ADSL connection. However the bandwidth is dynamically allocated based on use.

If Air-Frame is used for Internet Access and Web browsing it will likely be providing 1.2 M bit/s downstream and only 5 to 15K bit/s upstream - about 20% faster than an ADSL modem. If, on the other hand, it is running a web site (or uploading files) then it will probably be providing 1.2 M bit/s upstream and only 5 to 15K downstream - over 5 times faster than an ADSL modem.

If data compression is enabled then Air-Frame will average of 1:1.8 - 1:2.2 increase in bandwidth and is thus substantially faster than a typical ADSL connection. The compression feature uses a 'wire-speed' hardware compression engine and does not reduce throughput in any way (unlike most compression features).

Air-Frame adapts and optimizes its performance based on your needs.