The HomePortal system also includes a DSL modem, meaning it could be useful for someone about to get DSL service.

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But video downloads take forever over the Internet--eight hours for a 90-minute film over a well-functioning DSL modem.

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Once we made the right connections--connecting the DSL modem to the router, then the router to the PC--we opened a Web address that brought up a configuration window in the PC's Web browser.

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