Networking DSL/Cabling Issues

[Jonathan Hutchins]

Quoting Garrett Goebel <garrett at scriptpro.com>: 
 
> DSL modem is a misnomer.  
 
Yeah, but 99% of the providers and hardware sellers call them that. 
 
It used to be said that a "Modem" was a "MODE EMulator", emulating a digital 
serial mode connection over an analog line.  As such, a DSL Mode Emulator that 
Emulates an Ethernet or PPP connection over DSL makes sense.   
 
I presonally don't buy the "Modulator-Demodulator" construction - I think it's 
apocryphal, but it's pretty universally accepted now.  I just can't see geeks 
abbreviating the words that way.  "ModDe" or "Moddy" I'd credit. 
 
 
 
 

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