Difference in performance between Internal and external Modem
By smshasan
@smshasan (54)
India
March 4, 2007 2:54pm CST
Hi
External modem is very costly in comparison to Internal dialup modem but I can't understand why. what's the major concern in terms of speed and other things that make external that much costly than internal?
8 responses
@Fixpcbugs (274)
• India
19 Mar 07
In case of performance there no difference....but I think the price may be high due to it's hardware interface and it's
make.
@baba43 (37)
• Pakistan
7 Mar 07
When i have internal modem "hsp56 microtell" bulid on my motherboard in use windows xp i cannot able to use internet than i change my modem in external an its working eassly.!
@blueman (16509)
• India
5 Mar 07
the cost has nothing to do with the speed but with the convenince involved. when using internal modem you need to open up your cpu cover and install it, but it is not so with external modems you just need to plug in the usb port and it is ready to go. and the same gose for external and internal hard drives.
@im2good4u (566)
• Philippines
5 Mar 07
there is very little speed diff from them. external is a little bit faster but in the end it all cames down wether you have a very good quality ttelephone line or not, good phone line will get you better results
@jyotirmoy1982 (45)
• India
5 Mar 07
Well i myself have an internal modem. To be honest I dont find any difference in performance for internal or external modems. But people say that external ones last long. But there is one advantage for an external modem, lets say that lightning striles the telephone line, in such a case the internal modem would transmit the spark to your machine and your machine is doomed. But the external modem wont allow that to happen.
@cyclops_online2004 (779)
• India
5 Mar 07
There is not much of a speed difference between external and interal modems. Nowdays mostly people use internal modems because of their cheap availability. Your speed also depends on the phone line connection you have.
@sedel1027 (17846)
• Cupertino, California
4 Mar 07
They should be exactly the same since the modem is just a phone/fax modem. Since the internal ones are so much cheaper and one less thing to have having around, you are better off with an internal.
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
5 Mar 07
There is no difference in performance between internal and external modems, and the cost is not related to that.
An internal modem is a PCI card, which is protected by being inside the computer. Whereas an external modem needs to be housed in a case to avoid being damaged by touching or moisture etcetera, so the manufacturing cost is naturally higher.
