Like you say, negligible difference in performance, any comunications between your PC and Modem will be at a speed many times faster than your dsl connection.

Computers and telephones don't really mix. The signals whizzing around inside your PC are made up of streams of rapid, precisely contoured digital pulses. The telephone system - at least the part that ...

If you have a Bluetooth enabled laptop or desktop with a modem, using the dial-up service from your handheld can be easier than sharing an internet connection. One example: you're in a hotel room and ...

Several readers have reported problems with the internal modems on recent-model iBooks after upgrading to Mac OS X 10.2.4, including the following: failure to dial at all; failure to achieve ...