[Eug-lug] opening .dmg files on unix ??

[T. Joseph Carter]

On Mon, May 17, 2004 at 01:25:30PM -0700, Ken Barber wrote:
> > No, it's not a lie, per say. A DSL modem demodulates an analog
> > signal from the wire into digital information. It also takes
> > digital information and modulates it into an analog signal and
> > put onto the wire. This is roughly the same as how a dialup
> > modem works.
> 
> But... what you just said is that this so-called "Digital" 
> Subscriber Line I'm paying big bucks for is really analog.  
> Doesn't that make it a lie?   I thought "digital" meant 
> "digital."  Am I missing something here?

You're obviously buzzword incompliant.

Broadband specifically refers to dual-purposing the line for some other
kind of transmission for networking purposes.  ie, it takes its name from
cable and DSL connections in particular which use an otherwise unused
frequency spectrum of an analog medium for digital applications.

I was told we have broadband internet here on campus.  Ethernet to fibre
is broadband?  Only if "broadband" means "faster than dialup", which
apparently, when salesdorks are talking to users, is exactly what it
means.

You are surprised by all of this?  ;)