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by bendoerr 2275 days ago
They are surely referring to their Cable Modem, DSL Modem, Cellular Modem, or Fiber Modem.
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> They are surely referring to their Cable Modem, DSL Modem, Cellular Modem, or Fiber Modem.

This was tongue in cheek, but clearly lost on some.

But since we've now switched to full-on anal retentive mode: none of the above are modems since there's no modulation or demodulation happening in any of them.

What is Quadrature Amplitude Modulation then?