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133961 2003-04-08 04:31:00 you can leave it on but i find that msn and programes like that download quite abit soo its easier to turn it off and then you no ur not downloading stuff. I also agree wif jams ASDL is not a modem! Modems change digital sign to analog. Adsl dont. Doyouneedhelp (3549)
133962 2003-04-08 04:36:00 > ye, ok i was wrong about the ISDN bit, but they are
> not called MODEMS, they are called Routers, they do
> not DEModulate and MODulate, they stay DIGITAL!!!
>

Not all DSL Modems do routing though, so why are they called routers if they dont?
Chilling_Silence (9)
133963 2003-04-08 04:47:00 Well most shops call them modems because everyone no's that you need a modem to connect to the net. Soo everyone started call them that because the average person didnt understand wat a modem does or wat adsl's do! and i didnt say all of them were routers! i used that as an example! Doyouneedhelp (3549)
133964 2003-04-08 11:02:00 > ye, ok i was wrong about the ISDN bit, but they are
> not called MODEMS, they are called Routers, they do

Sorry but a router is something completely different again. A router simply routes information from one network onto another. It may be incorporated into the ADSL modem or it may not.

And they are called modems regardless of what you think. Go to any online shop and you will see them all listed there.
Big John (551)
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