Zoom Internal Fax Modem Takes Top Honors… Again
Named PC World Magazine "Best Buy" For the Second Consecutive Month

Boston, MA, October 6, 1999 - According to PC World Magazine, the Zoom FaxModem 56K Dualmode Model 2919 "remains king of the internal modems for a second month running."

Zoom's new Lucent chip set-based, ISA card fax modem appeared as the "Best Buy" heading the magazine's "Top 10 Modems" list in both the September and October issues. PC World has regularly recognized Zoom's external and internal for PCI modem models as top performers.

Zoom's consistently high product ratings are being publicized to a vast readership. Based on Spring, 1999 Mediamark Research, Inc. (MRI) data, each issue of PC World magazine alone is seen by as many as 6.4 million persons.

Zoom's internal and external fax modems have been honored with numerous "Best" and "Editor's Choice" awards from various North American computer consumer and business publications. Additional honors have come recently from publications in the UK, Belgium and Turkey. In all, Zoom has received 25 awards during the past year and a half. Zoom modems are generally lauded for their quality, robust performance, and value. Detailed product information is available on Zoom's Web site: www.zoom.com.

Zoom Telephonics, a communications leader since 1977, designs, produces and markets faxmodems, Wireless LAN products, Home Phoneline Networking devices, ISDN products and other products that link people and their personal computers through the world's largest network, the international telephone network, and connected networks including the Internet and corporate local area networks. Zoom Telephonics is publicly traded on NASDAQ (NASDAQ: ZOOM). Zoom products are produced in Boston, Massachusetts and sold worldwide.