Cable modem alternative
The crossword clue "Cable modem alternative" is answered by DSL, a 3-letter entry. Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2007. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
DSL
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DSL answer page.
Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2007. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- DIALUP (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for DSL
Every other clue in this collection answered by DSL, most used first.
- Broadband letters - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- ISP option - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Cable alternative - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
- Broadband inits. - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- ISP alternative - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
- Type of Internet connection, briefly - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Broadband option - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- High-speed Internet inits. - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Broadband initials - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Internet connection option - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Dial-up alternative - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Broadband choice - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Internet connection initials - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Hi-tech connection - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
- High-speed letters - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
- Internet access letters - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Internet access option - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- ISP offering - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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