> -----Original Message----- > From: geda-user-boun...@moria.seul.org > [mailto:geda-user-boun...@moria.seul.org] On Behalf Of Dave McGuire > Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 12:57 PM > To: gEDA user mailing list > Subject: Re: gEDA-user: Building the PCB+GL branch [WAS: Re: > Open GL survey (for PCB)] > > On Feb 6, 2009, at 12:36 PM, der Mouse wrote: > >> And if I had a nickel for every time I've heard people, even > >> knowledgeable people, incorrectly use the term "broadband" to mean > >> "high-speed Internet connection" (when most such > connections are, in > >> fact, baseband).. > > > > They are? DSL certainly isn't (the baseband there is the > audio range, > > which DSL specifically avoids) and, > > My definition of "broadband" is "multiple communication > channels sharing bandwidth on the same medium", which does > not, IMO, describe DSL. What is yours?
Well, a DSL line has voice and data bands on the same wire, separated by frequency division just like the channels on cable. How is that fundamentally different? .... _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user