mrwrong 0 #1 August 25, 2008 Stupid things the support gets to hear. A friend of mine is working for an ISP on their support team. Today a customer called her and said: “Last week I was told by one of your colleagues that if I only restarted my computer I would be able to see what network I belong to. Now I have started my computer in my bed room, the kitchen and the living room. But I don’t get a connection in either room”. When she asked the customer if she had connected her computer to the fiber connection on the wall the customer replies: “No I don’t have one of those (all apartments there have one), but I have an outlet for the police alarm where you say the fiber connection should be placed”. My g/f made a (not so) clever comment once too. When she was asked if she had switched on the modem she said: “I don’t have any modem, I have a broadband connection”. -Yep I have been teasing her about that. “The sum of intelligence on the planet is a constant; the population is growing.” - George Bernard Shaw He who dies with the most toys, wins..... dudeist skydiver # 19515 Buy quality and cry once! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eeneR 3 #2 August 25, 2008 Quote “I don’t have any modem, I have a broadband connection”. She is actually partly correct. A cable modem really is not a true modem. Modems actually modulate and demodulate a signal from analog to digital, a cable modem is all digital. She is not a "Dumb Blonde" - She is a "Light-Haired Detour Off The Information Superhighway." eeneR TF#72, FB#4130, Incauto Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
normiss 893 #3 August 25, 2008 very different, but they do actually modulate/demodulate the signal. I think we adopted the term modem for them out of familiar convenience though. from Wiki: "Broadband modems should still be classed as modems, since they use complex waveforms to carry digital data. They are more advanced devices than traditional dial-up modems as they are capable of modulating/demodulating hundreds of channels simultaneously." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eeneR 3 #4 August 25, 2008 Quote." "Broadband modems should still be classed as modems, since they use complex waveforms to carry digital data. They are more advanced devices than traditional dial-up modems as they are capable of modulating/demodulating hundreds of channels simultaneously." I disagree. Cable modem does not deal with channels, that is the cable box. A cable modem is more of a network interface device. Similar to a router.She is not a "Dumb Blonde" - She is a "Light-Haired Detour Off The Information Superhighway." eeneR TF#72, FB#4130, Incauto Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
normiss 893 #5 August 25, 2008 disagree all you want, it's the way they work! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mrwrong 0 #6 August 25, 2008 @eeneR Sorry to say but normiss is actually correct. Broadband Modem [Edit to add URL] “The sum of intelligence on the planet is a constant; the population is growing.” - George Bernard Shaw He who dies with the most toys, wins..... dudeist skydiver # 19515 Buy quality and cry once! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
