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Re: cable "modems" (was Re: Debian and Slackware)

To: luci-discuss@luci.org
Subject: Re: cable "modems" (was Re: Debian and Slackware)
From: Leon Jackson <ljackson@davesworld.net>
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 12:22:43 -0500
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Organization: Linux Users of Central Illinois
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At 10:33 AM 4/11/00 -0500, you wrote:
>(Oh, BTW, *why* is this "cable modem" name sticking?  Maybe I'm just
>being anal, but the thing is about as much a modem as my watch.  ISDN
>"modems" I could understand, since they looked and were operated like
>modems, but what similarity does an ethernet bridge and a modem have?)

yeah it bugs me too, a DSL Modem isn't a modem either, is it?

Leon

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