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At the time Symphony was developed, the Internet was still in its infancy and not widely accessible. However, lots of online services existed--you just had to have a modem and a communications application to connect directly to the service's server.

Since Symphony was positioned as a business tool, being able to access online banking services or online stock information was a necessary feature. Symphony's "Comm" was the modem communication program that allowed you to connect to pre-Internet online services.

"Comm" also allowed you to use a Null Modem cable to create a two-computer peer-to-peer network.

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