LA> A PCI modem really doesn't make much sense since the data rate    
 LA> never comes close to saturating the ISA bus. It's only worth    
 LA> considering if you have a MoBo with lots of PCI and no available    
 LA> ISA slots, [...]

JDBP> Which isn't the case now, mut might be the case several years down the
line if
    > my new modem lasts as long as my current modem has done.

 LA>    Zoom modems were good back in the v32 days, but they have made    
 LA> nothing but junk for quite a while now. As much as I dislike US    
 LA> Robotic's current management, their hardware is still the best.

JDBP> That's four voices against the Zoom.


   And another voice for external modems. One problem with internals 
   that no one else has mentioned is that the on-board com ports do 
   jam from time to time and the ONLY way to unjam them is to power 
   the pc down...not so with an external, and then there is the 
   matter of the LEDs on the externals...great diagnostic aids!


                                       LRA
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