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Re:Internet Disruption Report: February 2020 by ur-whale on Tuesday March 24, 2020 @01:43PM (#22676757)
>disconnected the modem

Are you still using a modem? Or have you already switched to full-on "zombie apocalypse" mode and started to rely on previous century, proven tech.?

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Re:Internet Disruption Report: February 2020 by bendoerr on Tuesday March 24, 2020 @02:14PM (#22677156)
They are surely referring to their Cable Modem, DSL Modem, Cellular Modem, or Fiber Modem.
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Re:Internet Disruption Report: February 2020 by ur-whale on Tuesday March 24, 2020 @05:40PM (#22679320)
> 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.

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Re:Internet Disruption Report: February 2020 by poizan42 on Tuesday March 24, 2020 @07:07PM (#22680027)
What is Quadrature Amplitude Modulation then?
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