why is external modem preffered

neversurrender · February 6th, 2002

can anybody tell me that why an external modem is preffered to an internal modem.does it gives better download speed than internal modem? if so than how much is the difference? or what is the difference between them?

**Betamax** · February 6th, 2002

In the good old days an external was preferred because they much easier to setup in comparision to legacy isa ones. Also they were more likely to be hardware based, which meant that your cpu wasn't being tied up as much whilst surfing.

Now there isn't as big a difference since modems now are pci based and practically all modems are software based. Personally I perfer external as it gives me an extra slot on my mobo (after all what else do you plug into a serial port nowadays).

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neversurrender Registered User Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: pakistan Posts: 301	why is external modem preffered can anybody tell me that why an external modem is preffered to an internal modem.does it gives better download speed than internal modem? if so than how much is the difference? or what is the difference between them? __________________ silence is golden Amd athlon xp 2700+,256mb ddr 2700 ram,geforce4 mx440 64mb,Gigabyte 7V via kt400 chipset,samsung 52x cdrom,win98 se.

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Betamax Resident Movie Critic Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland Posts: 9,480	In the good old days an external was preferred because they much easier to setup in comparision to legacy isa ones. Also they were more likely to be hardware based, which meant that your cpu wasn't being tied up as much whilst surfing. Now there isn't as big a difference since modems now are pci based and practically all modems are software based. Personally I perfer external as it gives me an extra slot on my mobo (after all what else do you plug into a serial port nowadays). __________________ Superior marketing of an inferior product will always win over inferior marketing of a superior product. Last edited by Betamax; February 6th, 2002 at 11:55.

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