Learn how ADSL provides high-speed internet over phone lines, its benefits over cable, and its widespread availability, ideal for both home and rural areas.

Former CNET editor Dong Ngo has been involved with technology since 2000, starting with testing gadgets and writing code for CNET Labs' benchmarks. He managed CNET's San Francisco Labs, reviews 3D ...

You can connect a DSL modem to a D-Link router by using an Ethernet cable and then entering your DSL username and password. Most DSL modems have a built-in router ...

Andrea Gallo, Maddalena Brattoli and Nicola Magistro, ofSTMicroelectronics, describe how an ADSL modem's realtime controlsoftware can be run on a host over the USB. In the last few years there has ...

Qwest Communications International on Thursday said it is offering a Wi-Fi modem to new DSL consumers and small-business subscribers. With the new modem, the company said, its DSL (digital subscriber ...

A device that connects multiple computers to a cable or DSL line for Internet access. Also called a "residential gateway," "modem/router," "modem gateway," "home gateway" and "Internet gateway." The ...

A modem-router combo merges two essential components of your home’s internet connectivity: the modem, which establishes your connection to the internet; and the router, which distributes that ...

The ability to support an ADSL system over a very long reach at maximum data speed is limited by many factors, including the allowed transmission power, loop signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), ...

This content is being maintained for reference purposes but is not being updated. The X-modem is a rare hybrid in the UK ADSL hardware market in that it will provide the single IP address issued by ...

Sky Digital customers who sign up for BT's "no-frills" broadband package will get their Alcatel "Green Frog" DSL modem for free, under an agreement announced on Thursday. The special offer, which is ...

Eclipse Internet has joined the ranks of UK Internet service providers cutting the price of their broadband offerings in early 2003. The ISP announced on Thursday that a consumer can save up to £50 on ...