A device used to connect a single computer or a network to a telephone company digital subscriber line (DSL) service for Internet access. DSL is faster than analog dial-up but significantly slower ...

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." ...

Don’t buy a cable modem if you’re on DSL or fiber; those technologies use different standards and connectors. Verizon Fios lets you buy your own modem-router combo, but you have only a single ...

An ISDN variant, broadband ISDN, transfers data only fiber optic telephone lines. DSL modems use digital subscriber lines (DSL) and support standard xDSL technologies to provide "always-on" Internet ...

The decision will likely come down to the connection type -- fiber or DSL -- you can get with Frontier. Here's how these two ...

N avigating the world of home internet can feel like visiting an unfamiliar land where you don’t speak the language. Dense ...

CenturyLink charges $15 monthly to rent a gateway that combines a modem and a router into one device. If you sign up for DSL with Century Link, that gateway will be one of three models ...

The tremendous increase in Internet use and the demand for very high-speed modems resulted in ISDN delivering 64 kbps, or combined 128 kbps. The demand kept forcing the speeds even higher as the DSL ...

The eight-year-old Fritzbox 4040 is getting a successor: the 4050 model. It supports Wi-Fi 6 instead of Wi-Fi 5 and is much ...

(IDG) -- Weak security in high-speed ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line) modems from Alcatel SA could allow hackers to shut down the device, monitor data flows, and use it for cyber attacks ...

DSL speeds vary with the Frontier Internet plan ... Xfinity has its xFi Gateway modem and router combo for Wi-Fi. The xFi Gateway gets included in plans of 200 Mbps in some locations or 400 ...