Similarly, Dell announced it will begin shipping a new line of Dimension PCs with factory-installed Cisco Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line modems for select U.S. West customers.

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To demonstrate the potential, the company developed a "police car of the future" decked out with cameras, modems and digital video recorders.

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Efficient makes modems used to transmit digital subscriber line (DSL) signals over copper telephone wires, and the DSL market isn't looking good these days.

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Some 50% of Gateway's profits now come from non-PC businesses, such as digital cameras and Internet service. hp now sells more bundled packages that include printers and modems.

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Main.net's gear already serves 10, 000 European homes at speeds of 500 kilobits a second, roughly equal to average cable and digital subscriber line (DSL) speeds, but a tenfold increase over standard dial-up modems.

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