ADSL is a way to bring the internet into a house through the old metal telephone wire. The same wire can still carry a phone call.

ADSL ADSL is是 a way to bring the internet into a house through the old metal telephone wire一種透過老式金屬電話線把網路接進家裡的方法 The same wire同一條線 can still carry a phone call還是可以打電話

Pictures, web pages, and video come down the line as computer data, and older books call this “very high speed” because, at the time, it was. Though actually, next to today's fibre (the glass-line internet), ADSL is rather slow, and many homes have switched. “Asymmetric” means the two directions are not equal: stuff coming to you is much faster than stuff you send out, because that is how most people use the net.

Pictures, web pages, and video圖片、網頁和影片 come down the line as computer data會以電腦資料的形式從這條線傳下來 and older books call this "very high speed" because, at the time, it was舊書會說這是「非常高速」，因為在當時確實是 Though actually不過事實上 next to today's fibre (the glass-line internet)跟現在的光纖（玻璃線網路）比起來 ADSL is rather slowADSL算是相當慢的 and many homes have switched很多家庭已經換掉了 "Asymmetric"「不對稱」 means the two directions are not equal意思是上下兩個方向不對等 stuff coming to you is much faster than stuff you send out傳進來給你的東西比你傳出去的快很多 because that is how most people use the net因為大部分人使用網路的方式就是這樣

People say the letters one by one: A-D-S-L.

People人們 say the letters one by one一個字母一個字母唸 A-D-S-LA-D-S-L

It is not Wi-Fi. Wi-Fi is only the radio inside the house; ADSL is one of the pipes that can feed that box.

It它 is not Wi-Fi不是Wi-Fi Wi-FiWi-Fi is only the radio inside the house只是家裡的無線電訊號 ADSLADSL is one of the pipes that can feed that box是可以供給那個訊號盒的其中一種管線

In the 2000s it was the normal broadband in many places, Taiwan included.

In the 2000s在2000年代 it它 was the normal broadband in many places, Taiwan included是很多地方——包括台灣——常見的寬頻