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

[Cloudmaster <sauer@cloud120.cloudmaster.com>]

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... :)
...
> (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?)

Part of it does MOdulate the outgoing signal and DEModulate the incoming
signal, so part of it is actually a modem.  There's also a bridgie thingie,
but "cable bridge" sounds like something you'd drive on. :)

--Danny, who frequently gets annoyed at "NIC card" and "ISDN modem" too...


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