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Analog Modem Recommendatons?


Wes

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Hello everyone,I seem to recall a somewhat recent issue of Scot's Newsletter where Scot either gave his recommendations for an analog modem (if one were buying a new one) and/or a link to the same. But I cannot find it (I also believe Scot needs to add a search capability to his web site for all of his articles/newsletters).If anyone remembers this newsletter, would you mind sharing a link to it here?Or, feel free to share any of your own recommendations.Thanks,Wes

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Hey Wes!Welcome to the forums!I don't know what recommendations were made here or elsewhere, but my own personal favorite are (for desktop - I guess that's what you are looking for) the external modems built by USRobotics (3Com). I have a 56k Voice FaxModem Pro that is going on 6 years old, I believe, and it works as sweet as the day I got it.I like external modems 'cause you don't use up a slot, they have their own power, and their heat doesn't dump into the computer... I know that there are a lot of internal modems out there, but it seems last time I looked, they were about 99% WinModems - which I won't own. I've never had a lot of luck with WinModems. They seem to be difficult to work with, the command set on the few I've owned was truncated, at best, and they used to be all built around the Rockwell chipset - which, IMHO, stunk. They really aren't modems...If you are buying, my main suggestion would be to stay away from WinModems and go external - Oops, I guess that was 2 suggestions... :blink: Just my $.02.d|:^)Dick

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Hi Wes,Welcome to the forums! :blink: My own recommendation would be an external Zoom serial modem. I reviewed one several months ago, and have been using it ever since, in Windows and in 3 different Linux distros. I agree with dicknite's reason's for using an external modem instead of an internal one.The reason I recommend the Zoom modem is because, at the time I reviewed it, it was the only "name brand" v.92 external serial modem that also supported the v.44 standard and the Modem On Hold feature. MultiTech advertised their external modem as having MOH, but after I bought one online, I discovered that it had no MOH software. A call to MultiTech revealed that they hadn't even beta tested the MOH software yet, even though they had advertised the modem as having it for the past several months. I ended up having to ship it back to MultiTech directly for a refund, because the online store wouldn't accept it as a return after I opened and installed it.I also researched external USRobotics modems, but none of them even claimed to support the v.44 standard. I called USR and was told that they had no plans to support v.44 in the foreseeable future. That was several months ago, so they may support it now -- I don't know.My entire review is on my Web site.

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(I also believe Scot needs to add a search capability to his web site for all of his articles/newsletters).
Wes,Welcome. For the search you seek, click on Scot's profile, lower right corner, three lines below his avatar. Hope this helps. :blink:
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I too run an external modem US Robotics - any hardware I buy I make sure it is linux compatiable first. It's been a great modem and I would never touch a winmodem either - they are evil.

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