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Soft ADSL modems around the corner

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  • #2
    ozt9vdujny3srf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,152 ✭✭✭ozt9vdujny3srf


    No doubt the isp's will be sending these software driven modems insted of the proper hardware ones as soon as they can :rolleyes:.

    I suppose it had to happen as some stage.


  • #3
    Stephen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,484 ✭✭✭✭Stephen


    glad I have my own router then.
    Makes me think of the ****ty software driven 56k modem I had. piece of crap.


  • #4
    griffdaddy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,417 ✭✭✭griffdaddy


    pardon my ignorance, but how do these things work?


  • #5
    Cabaal
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 28,502 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cabaal


    Oh bloody hell, anything but a software DSL modem!
    imho Smartlink modems are total and utter ****e! and I'd hate to deal with Smarrlink based DSL modems :mad:
    griffdaddy wrote:
    pardon my ignorance, but how do these things work?

    Basically the CPU/Memory PC in general does all the work instead of the actual modem
    The same currently goes for soft56K dialup modems

    Generally speaking there crap compared to hardware modems


  • #6
    Stark
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,018 ✭✭✭✭Stark


    Yeah. At least smark link in their defence supply Linux drivers but it's still not an ideal situation.


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  • #7
    Civilian_Target
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,618 ✭✭✭Civilian_Target


    I thought we already had software DSL modems. The one I have is so crap I always presumed it was a software modem.


  • #8
    radiospan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,330 ✭✭✭radiospan


    Ugh I had a terrible time with my old 56K "Winmodem". I was d/c whenever I did anything the slightest bit CPU heavy when I was online.


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