The CMOS technology for the hardware modems has been out there for years, and has had time to mature. Look at a hardware modem and you will see chips from Intel, Texas instruments and others.<BR>The dedicated hardware solution will always be more powerful than any software emulation of it, because software must "steal" system resources. <P>A hardware modem brings it's own.<P>edit:typo<P>[This message has been edited by spoof (edited December 10, 1999).]