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If your computer didn’t come with an internal modem, consider buying an 1_______ one, because it is much easier to install and 2_______. For example, when your 3_______ gets stuck (not an unusual occurrence), you need to turn it off and on to get it working properly. With an 4_______ modem, that means restarting your computer – a waste of time. With an external modem it’s as easy as flipping a switch.

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Until the end of 1995, the conventional wisdom was that 28.8 Kbps was about the fastest 1_______ you could squeeze out of a regular copper telephone line. Today, you can buy a modem capable of a data 2_______ up to 56 Kbps. The key question for you is knowing what speed modems your Internet service provider (ISP) has. If your ISP has only 28.8 Kbps 3_______ on its end of the line, you could have the fastest modem in the world, and only be able to 4_______ at 28.8 Kbps. Before you invest in a 56 Kbps modem, make sure your ISP supports them.

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Buying and using a modem used to be relatively easy. Not too long ago, almost all modems transferred data at a 1_______ of 2400 Bps (bits per second). Today, modems not only run faster, they are also loaded with features like error control and data compression. So, in addition to converting and interpreting signals, 2_______ also act like traffic cops, monitoring and regulating the flow of 3_______. That way, one computer doesn’t send information until the receiving computer is ready for it. Each of these features, modulation, error control, and data compression, requires a separate kind of 4_______ and that’s what some of those terms you see like V.32, V.32bis, V.42bis and MNP5 refer to.

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If your computer didn’t come with an internal modem, consider buying an 1_______ one, because it is much easier to install and 2_______. For example, when your 3_______ gets stuck (not an unusual occurrence), you need to turn it off and on to get it working properly. With an 4_______ modem, that means restarting your computer – a waste of time. With an external modem it’s as easy as flipping a switch.

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A modem’s speed is measured in bits per second (bps). A 14.4 modem 1_______ data at 14,400 bits per second. A 28.8 modem is twice as fast, sending and receiving 2_______ at a rate of up to 28,800 bits per second.
Many things can interfere with the speed of a file transfer. These can range from excessive line 3_______ on the telephone line, the speed of the web server from which you are downloading files, the number of other people trying to access the same file and the overall traffic on the 4_______.

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Until the end of 1995, the conventional wisdom was that 28.8 Kbps was about the fastest 1_______ you could squeeze out of a regular copper telephone line. Today, you can buy a modem capable of a data 2_______ up to 56 Kbps. The key question for you is knowing what speed modems your Internet service provider (ISP) has. If your ISP has only 28.8 Kbps 3_______ on its end of the line, you could have the fastest modem in the world, and only be able to 4_______ at 28.8 Kbps. Before you invest in a 56 Kbps modem, make sure your ISP supports them.