Why Is Winmodem Faster Than Hardware Modem?. I wonder if any modem gurus out there could shed light on this question. I was very surprised to see my connection speed decrease significantly -- from 42.6 to 34.6 -- after upgrading to US Robotics controller-based...

to ask, would a 33.6kb hardware modem be as good as a 56kb winmodem and is this very dependant on cpu power? Any older isa 33.6kb modem or some specific ones? Thanks Danny Are we really ready for "contact" ? Put your winmodem on your faster computer and...

the feeling that I want a non winmodem as these are faster. Is this right and how can I tell which ones aren't win modems and which ones are? thanks! winmodems cost about 5-15 dollars. hardware modems are about 30-50. thats your first clue. black...

a little less -- "resources" (CPU and whatever else) than hardware/external modems? Are the above Lucent modems faster or at least potentially faster than all other software/internal and hardware/external modems? Should I be able to get the above Lucent...

the new "hardware" modem... I think the so called "ambient intel hardware 56k modem" is really faster then the 3 year old "winmodem". Edited by benedict on 09/01/02 10:05 AM. Crash, my modem has that exact chip, the only thing is that when i reformatted/...

accepted discriptions: The first is the Software modem, which may or may not ACTUALLY be a PNP HARDWARE modem! Simply calling it PNP is enough for many people to call it "software" because it's not hardware configured! OK, so various modem chipsets have...

56k modem driver update.. I have a supra modem. It's a Generic 56K HCF Data Fax Modem (COM3). It's a winmodem or a softmodem. I play recently released games online like battlefeild 1942. And with this kind of modem it doesn't work very well. Before I go buy...

EtherFast Cable/DSL Router (4 port) Alcatel Speed Touch Home ADSL ethernet modem Canon BJC-2100 printer (hey it does what I need it to do) Canon N650U scanner AOpen 56k hardware modem (for backup if ADSL goes down) Lots of cooling fans (current cpu temp...

modem may help. Too bad tho...cause i liked that modem...was hardware accelerated. There is no smell better than fried silicon :evil: well i will try runing a line from the box outside to the modem. the modem is new. has v.92. it's about a week old. I...

probably be a second identical stick of RAM and then I will be. I like Creative's modem software and have had really bad luck with crap modems in the past. So again, thoughts, suggestions, comments, etc. are appreciated. :) PC Repair-Vol 1:Getting...