Transcription: I'm Paul Schindler, CD editor of Windows Magazine, here with our look at a Win100 hardware winner, the Haze Optima 288 modem. Our reviewer, Dave Gable, says this V34 unit is the fastest modem he's ever used. The V34 standard allows for raw data transfer at 28.8. With the compression inherent in the standard, this modem can transfer data at more than 1 megabit per second. The Optima 288 is an external model. supplies the unit and a fast serial port adapter card, also known as a single port ESP communications accelerator. What it means is you have to buy your own serial cable to connect the port ...