Jun Qian wrote: > <snip> > > So sad, you are running into bad luck in the states. the situation here > (Australia) is little different. most customers I meet only ask for ext modems > (only one asked a internal modem, but soon he changed mind and bought an > external modem <after he saw the price differenc - only A$5.00!>). other compuer > shops around also sell more ext modem than int modems. I don't know how about > other cities, but the city i stay does like int modems. Ext modems seem like > kicking int modems butt here. > > Am i lucky or unlucky? > > J Qian > I think you are lucky -- for now. The trend here is that 56k external modems are costing about US$100 (+) and with lots of bells and whistles, while modems under US$50 are all internal and usually winmodem types (relying on the computer CPU to do all of the work), unless they are a slower model that is being sold as liquidation. Since distribution systems are expansive - I would bet that within a short time you will start to see the same thing we are seeing here in the US. -- Jean Bourvic :>)) PCBUILD only works if you contribute. Send your messages to be posted to: [log in to unmask]