will i think you should go out and buy a 56k modem a update date stander one if you going to use a dail-up connection. 28k is not really any good at all.
buy one that you add to the mother broad and not a outside one that use USB ports.
they are cheap to buy at a story, you can buy them online too.
here one: under USD-15.00
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Big Savings on Superb Internal Data Fax Modem
This internal PCI Hiro modem uses the state-of-the-art single chip software control. Besides, it has the advantages of high quality and high reliability with hardware data flow control technical design. This internal PCI modem is compatible with Windows 95, 98, 2000 and XP. Moreover, it follows the V.92 standard, so you can surf the Internet at 56K speed, and it decreases PCI slot occupation for more convenience.
Specifications:
Intel Chipset
Plug and Play PCI bus interface
Data mode capabilities: V.90 56 Kbps; V.92 Ready ITU-T V.34 33.6 Kbps and fallbacks
Fax mode capabilities: ITU-T V.17, V.29, V.27ter, and V.21ch2 Group 3 (TIA/EIA-578 Class 1 and Class 2)
Compliance with ACPI 1.0 and PCI Power Management Interface 1.0, supporting the D3cold Wake-on-ring
PC99/PC2001-compliant with support for V.250, V.251 and V.253 commands
Supports Microsoft Windows Unimodem V and TAPI specifications
V.80 (H.324 software stack-compatible)
Minimum System Requirements: Windows 95/98(SE)/ME, Windows2000, WinNT, XP, Minimum 166 MHz Pentium CPU with MMX technology
Source: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...447447&CatId=0
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all you have to do is look around for a good one you can get.
you really can't play any games on a 28k modem at lease 56k modem be a bit better.