Is an Airport base station necessary for internet?

I have a cable modem and Airport Express. Can I just connect the cable modem to the Airport Express and get on the internet? Or do I have to have the Airport Extreme Base station to do that?
Powerbook G4   Mac OS X (10.4.7)  

I have a cable modem and Airport Express. Can I just
connect the cable modem to the Airport Express and
get on the internet?
Yes

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    o (ref: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107451)
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    Sorry but the modem inside the AirPort base station (ABS) has NO ability to FAX at all.

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