Digital Subscriber Line - (DSL)
Digital data transmission over telphone lines.
In PracticeDSL is a technology for delivering digital data over analog-modulation telephone lines [copper wires]. DSL is distance sensitive, the greater the distance to the ISP, the lower the speed.

Some DSL distance limitations:

2.5 miles - [ADSL] 1.5Mbps/384Kbps

3 miles - [SDSL] 768Kbps

3.5 miles - [SDSL] 384Kbps

4 miles - [SDSL] 192Kbps

Over 4 miles - 144Kbps