true, but the reason why I think I am more right

is because the shub didn't have modem mode initially. VM tried to enforce a router on peeps which they could better support but they ended up undoing their goal because the shub was so naff that they had to introduce modem mode as a quick fox (in r19 if I remember correctly) to try and appease the masses. I can honestly say that if I had to have one before then (I think I got mine in r31) I would have gladly left VM out of principle.