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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.

Its main use is as a high-end fixed and wireless modem (802.11g MIMO), but it also allows Free to offer additional services using ADSL as a distribution medium, likeover ADSL, such as [[IPTV]] including [[High-definition television|high definition]] (1080p), Video recording with timeshifting capabilities, [[digital radio]] and freeVoIP [[telephone]] service via one [[Registered jack|RJ]]-11 connector (the first version came with 2 such jacks but only one was ever activated)

The Freebox is lentprovided free to the subscribers, its value being 190 [[Euro]]s, according to the operator. It is delivered with a remote control, a multimedia box equipped with a 250  GB hard drive, and accessories (cables and filters). According to [http://www.vnunet.fr/actualite/telecommunications/services_et_contenus/20050908005 this article], at the end of first semesterQ2 2005, more than 1.1 million subscribers were equipped with the Freebox. According to company official's results publication, the 2 million level of Freeboxes were reached oin September 2006.

== V6 generation, Freebox Revolution ==
The sixth generation of the box is called Freebox Revolution or V6 (Version 6). It was launched on the market in the beginning of 2011. It is composed of a pair of devices: the ADSL modem/router and the IPTV set top box/media center. The design of the boxes is by [[Philippe Starck]].

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

===The Freebox Server device===
(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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