From: noemail@none.com   
      
   On 12/3/25 7:27 AM, J. P. Gilliver wrote:   
      
   >As I've said before, here in UK most users who are connected to a copper   
   >'phone line have one box, containing MoDem, router, hub, and wifi base,   
   >which box is generally referred to as a "router";   
      
   My ISP supplied "modem" does all that but is cable supplied. It also can   
    supply wired phone service (my old house is wired for landline) which I   
    used for years before quitting when my cell got WiFi calling. It also has a   
    backup battery that will keep me online in a power failure. The ISP usually   
    picks the middle of the night to update it so there's very little down time   
    for my use. My ISP does allow outside modems but for me that would be a   
    PITA. Others MMV though...   
      
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