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To: StockMan who wrote (11643)	12/5/1997 1:56:00 PM
From: hitesh puri	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 45548

Contrary to popular belief that software modems are the new and next thing, here are some notion busters 1) The concept has been around for years. 2) They still require some D/A hardware interface components (could be on the motherboard) which does cost some $$ 3) Need major CPU power else your 166 MMX will limp like a 100 Mz classic requiring an investment of close to $100 to go to 200 MMX and beyond. 4) The cost factor of these OEM or retail card modems is approaching around $100-$120 due to maturing of the manufacturing process and the resulting additional expense due to points 2 and 3 makes software modems questionable. Most important point with technology is not performance but cost/performance ratio which Wall Street cannot understand as they only look at one without considering the other, which a customer would do. -hitesh