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The '''Freebox''' is an [[ADSL]] [[modem]] that the French [[internet service provider]] named [[Free (French ISP)|Free]] provides to its [[ADSL]] subscribers.

(contracted; show full)h the ADSL 2+ standard, as well as a USB port, which will allow, in the long term, the addition of functions such as videoconferencing. The Freebox version 5 was released in April 2006 and expanded the possibilities of the modem. It is now divided into two boxes connected together via high-speed Wifi [[MIMO]] : the first box provides Internet access, Wifi connexion and a phone line; the separated box is a [[digital video recorder]], with advanced TV features like timeshifting, or [[VOD|video on demand]].


The Freebox OS is [[BusyBox]].

Now with the v3 (and next), it also provides a Videolan client in order to get the movies (in any format read by [[VLC]]) stored on the computer and watchable on TV through a playlist selector. This functionality is named Freeplayer.

In the same way, the Freebox (v3 and upper) is able to broadcast TV channels to one or more computer. 

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[[Category:Modems]]
[[Category:Digital video recorders]]

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