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From: bill@bilver.uucp (Bill Vermillion)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Which is better to have?
Message-ID: <1991Apr18.162946.29336@bilver.uucp>
Date: 18 Apr 91 16:29:46 GMT
References: <7223.280D280F@zswamp.uucp>
Organization: W. J. Vermillion - Winter Park, FL
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In article <7223.280D280F@zswamp.uucp> root@zswamp.uucp (Geoffrey Welsh) writes:
>In a letter to All, mike carr (MCARR@auvm.auvm.edu ) wrote:
 
> >Which is better to have and why?  An interior modem or 
> >external modem?
 
>   Internal modems are cheaper because they don't have a case, power 
>supply... or UL/CSA approval (required in Canada for devices which plug into 
>the wall, but not for peripheral cards).
 
>   External modem advantages:

And if you get a lightning strike while you are connected to the phone
lines with an external modem, the only problem you are likely to have is a
dead modem - which brings this line

Internal modem disadvantages.

If you have a lightning strike nearby when you have an internal modem
connected, you have just invited mother nature to be a guest in your
machine.

I had one client who did that.   The net loss, besides the modem, was the
mother-board, the video display card and the powersupply.  Not cheap.

Think of an external modem as a $200 fuse for a $5000 computer  :-)



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