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

[Charles Menzes <charles@lunarmedia.net>]

I believe its a gift from the marketing department.
Try telling the average user "its an ethernet bridge!"

cjm

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On Tue, 11 Apr 2000, Steven Pritchard wrote:

> 
> Cloudmaster said:
> [...]
> > but I'll tell you, since I got my
> > cable modem installed last Monday, I've got all kinds of ISO's... :)
> 
> That reminds me...  We just got our service turned on last Friday.
> It's remarkably good.  (That might have something to do with the fact
> that nobody else in the area is set up yet, but I guess time will
> tell...)
> 
> Is Springfield getting any closer to getting service yet?
> 
> (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?)
> 
> Steve
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