Digital Subscriber Line (DSL)

A consumer-level home Internet service technology that utilized PSTN phone lines for transmitting IP traffic.

While DSL has been relegated to legacy status in large swathes of the world, it is still used in some places. At the time of its conception it was very convenient as many homes already had phone lines installed, so no additional infrastructure was needed for a house to get internet access, aside from a modem.

Digital Subscriber Line (DSL)