Template talk:DSL technologies

Annex J and Annex L are only available in ITU G.992.3. --89.172.5.87 16:39, 20 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Change from sidebar to navbox?

For many other protocols and standards, the navbox template is used, e.g.

I believe that changing this custom table to a navbox would increase readability by allowing the various standards to be grouped. In addition, by using a well known template, the code would be easier to maintain and edit, and consistency between navboxes would be increased. Please comment. Conquerist (talk) 02:25, 12 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Here's a draft:

Some pointers for comments / discussion:

Include official standard names? (G.99x.x)
First layer: symmetric / asymmetric, Second layer: standardized / proprietary or vice-versa?
"ANSI/ETSI/ITU-T" or "standardized"?
There are some more oddballs in DSL#DSL technologies, they probably belong here as well
What should be done with the ambiguous terms ADSL and SDSL. Both can be used as umbrella terms, but also have more specific uses: ADSL in the article refers to a first generation set of asymmetric DSL, while SDSL in the article refers to a specific proprietary variant.
What about non-telephone local loop "DSL"? Those are in the current template, but do they really belong here?

Conquerist (talk) 05:17, 12 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

New Draft:

Added most of the oddballs from Digital subscriber line#DSL technologies. Some were hard to sort

RADSL: not a DSL standard of its own?
PDSL: "Powerline DSL" - DSL uses telephone lines per definition in digital subscriber line.

Also added G.fast. Sorting into asymmetric and symmetric is also tough on a few:

VDSL and G.fast really don't belong under asymmetric. Symmetric service is also possible, see ITU-T G.Sup50. Or, symmetric can be seen as a special case of asymmetric.
Etherloop: it's half-duplex, so it's technically symmetric, just not at the same time

Conquerist (talk) 20:27, 13 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]