Several wiring layouts are in use, because the null modem connection is not covered by a standard.

有多种连接方式可供选择，因为标准中并未涵盖零调制解调器连接。

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But if I also use a cellular modem card from Verizon or Sprint to access the Internet, won't the two conflict?

但如果我也在使用Verizon或Sprint的无线调制解调器卡上网，二者之间是否会冲突呢？

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Since most gaming platforms have Wi-Fi connectivity built in, you can easily use the portable modem to share a 4g connection with five to eight different devices (depending on which modem you buy).

大部分的游戏平台都支持WiFi连接，你可以很容易地使用便携式调制解调器与5到8个(视你购买的调节解调器而定)不同的设备分享4g连接。

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If you use a cable modem, your first choke point is much closer to you since you share a maximum amount of bandwidth with other users in your neighborhood, which is why your data rate varies.

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Every time it needed to process a credit card, it would use a telephone modem to log into the bank.

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Perhaps hitting closer to home were the comments of Chairman Joe Barton (R-Tex.), who told Whitacre in his opening comments how he's shutting off service on a phone line coming into his house and planning to use a cable modem for Internet access.

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