win-modems

[James McDonald]

keith morse wrote:

> Tim Wunder wrote:
>
>> I've just recently left the world of broadband (a nearly $300 cable 
>> bill will do that) and am faced with several weeks of dialup access, 
>> until I decide on what DSL provider I'm going to go with. Can anyone 
>> recommend a winmodem that'll work in linux? I know, winmodems are 
>> crap, get a real modem... but I'll be using dialup for only a limited 
>> period of time, so would rather spend $20-30 over >$100...
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Tim
>>
>
I have used Rockwell/Conexant chipped winmodems [ 
http://www.linuxant.com/drivers/ ] in the past but the drivers are no 
longer open source and they want about 14USD for the full speed one it's 
restricted to 14400 for the trial version. So I would avoid that chipset 
despite it being on a lot of cheap winmodems.