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Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer (DSLAM)

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A network device typically installed at the local telephone company’s central office. The DSLAM aggregates multiple DSL connections terminated by DSL users and transmits the traffic over a high-speed backbone connection to the Internet service provider network and to the Internet.