Networking DSL/Cabling Issues
Jonathan Hutchins
hutchins at tarcanfel.org
Wed Jul 9 12:09:40 CDT 2003
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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