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# I doubt it.
a modem convers digital signals in to analog and back again. broadband connections are digital anyway so a modulator/demodulator wouldn't be needed:P
I think it's more of a case of him being allowed to interact with the public with that little dobby stick attacked to his forehead so he can use the keyboard.
(, Fri 26 Dec 2008, 14:49, archived)
# i think you'll find modulation is extremely useful if you care about bandwidth in a frequency sense
also all digital signals exist in the analog domain

lern2geeknooblar
(, Fri 26 Dec 2008, 15:06, archived)
# also by convention
cable modems are still called modems even though they don't mo or dem.

in a related fact - MP3 codecs usually only dec, they rarely co.
(, Fri 26 Dec 2008, 20:35, archived)