back for modem advice

[Bill Campbell]

On Fri, Jun 02, 2006, Man-wai CHANG wrote:
>>cost an arm&a-leg.  Found this one at New Egg for 40 bucks. Any one have 
>>any experience with this brand? M56ESupraMax 56K V92 EXTERNAL.  Would a 
>>USB interface be any better?  Don't know if they have one that cheap.  
>>The list price from Diamond is $4.00 more for the USB hook-up.  Would it 
>>be worth it?
>
>Your best luck would be with *REAL* hardware modems, mostly external 
>ones. I am still looking for an internal *hardware* modem here in Hong 
>Kong...

The best modems I've found that are currently available are MultiTechs.

It's been a while since I did extensive testing on modems, but when I did I
found most commodity modems were basically junk, not suitable for
unattended operation.

Bill
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