In a word, volume. I picked up a Supra white box one at Fry's for about $35 that works great.
-----Original Message-----
From: sundar narayanasamy [
mailto:linux@esaravana.com]
Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 5:24 PM
To:
plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
Subject: Re: Suggestion for good 56K modem for Linux
I looked at some external modem at Fry's around $70. Why a modem is so
expensive compared to ethernet cards?
Sundar
On Monday 10 March 2003 10:19 am, you wrote:
> If you can find one that is NOT a Winmodem it should work fine. Reality is
> you can get an external modem for a lot less than an internal one that is
> not a Winmodem.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sundar narayanasamy [mailto:linux@esaravana.com]
> Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 5:12 PM
> To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> Subject: Re: Suggestion for good 56K modem for Linux
>
>
> Thanks Jim. Does that mean that I have to use external modem for hardware
> modem. My office room is already littered with hubs, routers and what not,
> so I would prefer to have internal modem.
>
> Is there any internal modem that will work good with Linux?
>
> Sundar
>
> On Monday 10 March 2003 08:28 am, you wrote:
> > On Mon, 2003-03-10 at 15:18, sundar narayanasamy wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Could you guys suggest me a good and less expensive modem for Linux? As
> > > far as online I researched, I was suggested to get any hardware modem.
> > >
> > > I already have a modem which Kudzu says as 'Intel Corp. | DSVD modem'.
> > > Since I pulled it out of my closet, I really don't know anything more
> > > than that. But, all I know is wvdialconf doesn't see it once I log in.
> > >
> > > Any help is appreciated.
> > >
> > > Sundar
> >
> > Almost any external modem should work like silk with Linux. I have a
> > Motorola Modem Surfr and never had a problem with it being recognized.
>
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