1.   And using the site easily required a computer with a fast modem, the fastest of microprocessors and a good web browser.

2.   Because people put so much stock in owning a fast modem, they often end up feeling cheated when their new modem fails to operate at its top speed.

3.   A fast modem is an enormous asset.

4.   A. The Federal Communications Commission does not explicitly set a speed limit on how fast a modem can transmit data.

5.   Buyers also may want a fast modem to tap the Internet.

6.   Even using a relatively fast modem, it could take two hours to download a half-hour interview.

7.   The agreement would mean the fast new modems would have to be able to talk to one another.

8.   There are sweet potatoes, corn on the cob, turkey and a Pentium-powered PC with a very fast modem.

9.   Well, at least in households with computers, fast modems and twitchy young males.

10.   With fast modems and high-speed telephone or cable-TV lines, the technology promises to eliminate the jerkiness of current video systems available on personal computers.