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The '''Freebox''' is an [[Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line|ADSL]] [[modem]] that the French [[internet service provider]] named [[Free (ISP)|Free]] (part of the Iliad group) provides to its [[Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line|ADSL]] subscribers.

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[[File:1280pxFreeboxRevolutionAndFreeboxTV.jpg|thumb|The Freebox Server on top and the Freebox Player]]


===The Freebox Server device===
The Freebox server is at the same time the DSL modem, a router, a Wi-Fi hot spot, a [[Network-attached storage|NAS]] (250 GB hard drive), a DECT base with up to 8 connected [[DECT]] phone sets and a 
d[[Digital rVideo Recorder]] for [[Télévision Numérique Terrestre|TNT]] (Terrestrial Numerical Television) or TV over internetalso known as [[DVB-T]] and [[IPTV]]. As the firmware is updated, its functionalities increase. Most notably:
* An external hard drive can be connected to its USB and/or eSATA port. However, some TV channels cannot be recorded to an external hard drive due to copyright limitations. Such limitations do not apply to channels recorded from [[Télévision Numérique Terrestre|TNT]].
(contracted; show full)* [http://floss.freebox.fr Source code of the GPL software ran by the Freebox]

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

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