At 09:36 AM 11/24/2000, Bob Weekley wrote:
>The thought just struck me, while waiting on some songs to download from Napster, that
>My Athlon 800 system with the DFI MB and 256meg of PC 133 Memory should be able to run
>downloads a whole lot better than it is doing... When I get 6 or 7 songs downloading at
>the same time I can barely
>get my Browsers to work at all. They are very slow!
>The Modem Gate is clogged up..
>
>So, why can't I put 2 modems on my system? I have a 3Com win modem now and it works very
>well. It is plugged into a PCI slot and I have lots of other open PCI slots that other
>modems could fit in..  I also have another phone line that I can use..
>
>I am running Windows ME right now and don't see any reason that it wouldn't handle dual modems..
>
>Please let me know if this is workable or not.. I really do not see why it would not
>work... but I've been wrong before...


I see you have already received two excellent answers.   But, another
thing to consider...   especially in the face of the cost of another modem
and additional phone line and ISP service is either a DSL feed or Cable
Modem.

These types of connections are not that expensive today...   ranging
from $30 to $75 a month, based on your location and the companies
offering the service.  The actual transfer speeds are remarkably faster
than dual modems and/or ISDN of 128k.   The typical speed from either
cable or base DSL today is around 640k....  blazing fast.   I went to
a cable modem last May and would not even consider going back to
a modem or even ISDN.

     Bob Wright
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