Many companies today ship soft modems with their computer packages, as they are considerably cheaper for the vendors as they do not have as many parts. The name soft modem comes from the fact that many of the modem functions are performed by software. Soft modems are also often referred to as Winmodems, as they are designed specifically for use with the Windows Operating system. Winmodems, the term Winmodem is a brand name and does not apply to all software-driven modems. Back To Questions 2.10.
Soft modems rely heavily on the computer's processor to do a lot of the modem's functions.
Many soft modems are designed exclusively for a particular operating system. A good example of this is the LT Winmodem, manufactured by Lucent Technologies. Back To Questions 2.11. Provided you configure it correctly, yes. Back To Questions 2.12.