Well, because of this it won't sell well in the UK 'cos most lines are ADSL. I wanted an AirPort Extreme, but when I learned that I'd have to get an extra modem, I just got a Linksys instead.
The UK represents 6% of broadband users worldwide. Talk about a niche market!
What Apple should perhaps consider doing is making a USB ADSL modem that can be used with the Airport Extreme and/or Macs directly now that they've removed the analog modem.
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