Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!feeder02.blueworldhosting.com!npeer01.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!border3.nntp.dca.giganews.com!Xl.tags.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.earthlink.com!news.earthlink.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 19:43:56 -0500 From: ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) Subject: Re: Can cable and DSL modems do data compressions? Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems.cable,comp.dcom.adsl,comp.dcom.xdsl,comp.sys.dcom.xdsl,dsl.help References: <4PSdnRwHU4AH0JvPnZ2dnUVZ_qKdnZ2d@giganews.com> <2t6dnXH7rJknE5vPnZ2dnUVZ_qmdnZ2d@earthlink.com> User-Agent: tin/2.0.1-20111224 ("Achenvoir") (UNIX) (Linux/3.9.6-200.fc18.x86_64 (x86_64)) Message-ID: Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 19:43:56 -0500 Lines: 11 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 71.103.224.66 X-Trace: sv3-G7BxdkWSDibYG+uSPYFjWNC07GLLKFFGS4MZIwvNA7zZt/5RdqilbQO+8kCfXhs/H4omP51X3tWzEnH!hNLdM1yNFyuPRv2HWObOhgYt11u5+lI3RQK+P2vEW0nx59tz7C/7UyF5H7CeuDCCIohRyCLhbXRZ!bF89HDQGrm5wioLgPIfo0IeX+i1e0cQ= X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 X-Original-Bytes: 1902 X-Received-Bytes: 2043 Xref: csiph.com comp.dcom.modems.cable:139 comp.dcom.xdsl:108 > Cable modems aren't modems, so you can't compare dial-up modems to what > the cableco puts in the middle between your coax and your ethernet. Interesting. Why did they call it modems then? What about DSL? -- Quote of the Week: "Look not to the windmill's turning while the ant still burrows." --unknown /\___/\ Ant(Dude) @ http://antfarm.home.dhs.org (Personal Web Site) / /\ /\ \ Ant's Quality Foraged Links: http://aqfl.net | |o o| | \ _ / Please nuke ANT if replying by e-mail. If crediting, ( ) then please kindly use Ant nickname and AQFL URL/link.