On Oct 12, 2013, at 10:15 AM, John Hasler <[email protected]> wrote: > > Joe writes: >> I think the vast majority of computers are used with an Internet >> connection, which these days means a router rather than a modem. > > 1) A dialup connection to the Internet is still an Internet connection. > 2) A DSL or cable modem is still a modem (MOdulator/DEModulator), though > most include routers and other useless stuff.
I thought that cablemodems were technically bridges, not modems at all, with or without the router capability most now have. But then, I remember when VGA meant varied graphics array, not video graphics adapter, and I prefer to think it still does. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
