[Wolves] Silly question but...

[James Turner]

On Wednesday 16 Mar 2005 15:45, Chris Ball wrote:

> Slightly off-topic, but are ADSL modems actually modems (in the
> modulator/demodulator sense of the word?)

Yes. The signal is transmitted at much higher frequencies than the old 56K 
modems and their predecessors (which used audible frequencies).

For more than you probably ever wanted to know, including the frequency ranges 
used see:

http://www.vocal.com/adslmodems.html

In contrast, the broadband routers used for Telewest/BlueYonder (etc) fibre 
optic links are not modems.

Regards,

James