🚀 go-pugleaf

idduno@wudthehell.com (BillyBob) wrote in <s1sufa9924219@corp.supernews.com>:

>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.
>
>My 2 cents....

Ah, that WOULD be true, except these Lucent DSP ones use the DSP ( digital 
signal processor ) to do just that. I checked my CPU load during a download 
and found zip. The mouse uses more CPU resources than this particular modem.

>Melissa <MelissaS@Wdimensional.com> wrote in message
>news:RulT3.405$Og.652@wormhole.dimensional.com...
>> Some of you may remember the post I did here awhile back about my
>experiences
>> with the Amquest Rockwell HCF chip set Winmodem.
>>
>> I bought it back in March and later found out had one of the worst
>> reputations of any ever made. It dropped out on me all the time.
>>
>> But I later found out that not all Winmodems are bad, nor do they have to
>be
>> expensive to be good. It seems the Lucent DSP Mars chip set Winmodem is
>one
>> of the best modems made, and it's cheap. I bought one for $24 from an Ebay
>> seller at
>> <http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=166397142>
>> downloaded the latest generic driver for it at Lucent's site ( version
>5.54
>> ), and haven't had a single dropout since. It's been nothing but great for
>> me.
>>
>> If I'm going to complain about the bad ones, I also want to praise the
>good
>> ones when I find them. This is a VERY good working modem for me.
>>
>> --
>> - Melissa   <http://www.dimensional.com/~melissa/>
>> To email me, remove the spam spoofing Caps on each side of the @
>>
>> If called upon, would you help?
>> <http://www.dimensional.com/~melissa/upanew.htm>
>>
>> Please boycott Orbital Sciences Corp.& American Express / First Data Corp.
>> until they do the right thing!
>> <http://www.dimensional.com/~melissa/jennifer.htm>
>
>
>


-- 
- Melissa   <http://www.dimensional.com/~melissa/>
To email me, remove the spam spoofing Caps on each side of the @

If called upon, would you help?
<http://www.dimensional.com/~melissa/upanew.htm>

Please boycott Orbital Sciences Corp.& American Express / First Data Corp.
until they do the right thing! 
<http://www.dimensional.com/~melissa/jennifer.htm>