Quote Originally Posted by oldgeezer
Always a huge mistake to use an internal modem. The extra expense of an external serial type is money well spent. Watch the lights for unexpected activity, switch it off and on again when the Net causes a crash, move to any/every other machine in the house/neighbourhood, use it with any OS. I never had better advice - and they last longer!
OG.
You left the most important part out no surges of power from a telephone line frying your computer, an extenal modem will die first before the surge gets in the computer.