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> Well, CDW is selling the Hayes Optima 28.8 w/ X-Jack for $299. > Anyone use it? I will be shortly...just placed the order yesterday after reading through the latest issue of BYTE magazine. They did a review of PCMCIA (now called PC Card) modems, with the results as follows: 1) Practical Peripherals ProClass 288 2) Hayes Optima 288 3) Megahertz V.34 All three of these modems sport the x-jack style connecter, so the Megahertz is no longer the only ball game in town. Just to quickly summarize BYTE's results, the Hayes had the highest throughput, the Practical ProClass had the highest "interoperability" (a measure of the likelihood of making a V.34 connection), and the Megahertz had nothing special. As has been previously pointed out in this thread, the Megahertz modem only supports the V.34 standard, while the other two support both V.34 and V.FC. Both the Practical and the Hayes modems use Rockwell chipsets, while the Megahertz uses an AT&T chipset. My decision to go with the Hayes was based upon its respectable test scores along with its lower price, about $50 less than either 1 or 3 above. Also, for you OS/2er's out there, Hayes is the only manufacturer which claims to support OS/2. This may be important with respect to initialization strings for native OS/2 comm/fax software. Thanks to all who responded to my questions. I'll post my findings once I get up and running. Regards, -- Karl E. Yeanoplos Denver, CO kyeanopl@den.mmc.com / key@csn.net