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Re: Just my opinon, but you might want to reconsider using a winmodem...

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From: Hyperion Systems
Date: Tue, 02 Nov 1999 00:00
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In article <s1sufa9924219@corp.supernews.com>,
BillyBob <idduno@wudthehell.com> wrote:
>I have been told by many techs that you should steer far away from ANY
>winmodem.  The main reason is that they use your computers' own system
>resources to run. (software based)
>This can slow your computer down!  You will never go wrong with a HARDWARE
>based modem.  Lucent/Rocwell is an excellent choice.

As with everything related to computers, it's a trade-off. Winmodems are
far cheaper than hardware-only modems.  What you save in money, to pay for
in reduced "performance".  Note, many people will never notice this
reduced performance.

- John
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From: hyperion@dimensional.com (Hyperion Systems)
Subject: Re: Just my opinon, but you might want to reconsider using a winmodem...
Date: 1999/11/02
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