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They exist yet?, lol.

Yeah, sorry, its a brief question, i think i know what the answer is, its just i want to be sure.

i remember 5/6 years ago using an external 56k modem....now you can get internal ones...so surely broadband modems will do the same.

Hope its sometime soon, i need all the USB ports i can spare.

Why not put a network interface card (nic) in your computer. You probally have a RJ45 connector on your mobo already. No need to tie up USB ports then...

Hi thingamjig,

you used to be able to get internal dsl models - they would plug into a slot on the motherboard called AMR - i forget what it stands for now - but this did not take off and was soon cancelled...the slot doesn't even get used anymore.

The difference between internal and external modems (speaking of 56k modems here) was that the external ones were all "hardware" and most of the internal ones were "software"

The difference being hardware modems would do the work in the actual modem itself, making for a faster download/connection
software modems would require windows to do approx half of the work as well - causing slower connection speeds, and if you were playing games...a lower framerate and other slowness.

This is also why external modems cost a fair amount more (in australia, they were about $150 as apposed to the internal modems where $45 ish)

Ah yes...audio-modem riser Thanks arctos.

I have never herd of a internal boradband modem. The only thing closest to that(that I know of) is the NIC card, and of course the AMR they were talking about above.

People tend to use routers now.