- latest and greatest no-frills hardware modems?
- Posted by false_dmitrii on July 6th, 2004
Hi,
I'm trying to find an all-hardware replacement for a relative's
"Winmodem" card. I'm comfortable with my own modem, a USR Peformance
Pro, but wanted to see if I could find anything cheaper or better
before recommending it. I haven't been able to find a good dial-up
modem review site--it's almost as though everyone's focus is on some
magical new way to connect to the internet. 
Can anyone here recommend a better or cheaper internal hardware modem
over the USR Performance Pro or suggest a source for up-to-date modem
reviews?
Thanks in advance,
false_dmitrii
- Posted by JB on July 7th, 2004
"false_dmitrii" <false_dmitrii@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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I have a USR 56k external and tried the Performance Pro over a year ago.
Performance was about the same but the software was a mess so I took it
back.
The next one was a Creative Labs ModemBlaster. Hey...it might not be a
hardware modem but the throughput is better and the ping is better than the
USR. I'm running a 1.8GHz cpu at 2.5GHz so I don't know how well it would
fare on a slow system on a different phone line..
- Posted by Franc Zabkar on July 7th, 2004
On 6 Jul 2004 11:16:07 -0700, false_dmitrii@yahoo.com (false_dmitrii)
put finger to keyboard and composed:
Multitech have a ZPX PCI modem based on the Lucent/Agere Venus
chipset. If it's an old PC, then Best Data has a Conexant ACF3 based
ISA modem which sells for around $20.
- Franc Zabkar
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- Posted by Panos Papadopolous on July 7th, 2004
"false_dmitrii" <false_dmitrii@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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I have always used USR internal PCI Winmodems and have found them very
reliable.
I recommend USR 56k V92 internal PCI faxmodem Model 5660a which provides V92
and compatibility on back. COMPUSA sells for about $35 in Tampa, FL.
COMPUSA's equivalent house brand is about $5 less. The Performance Pro is
around $80.
Winmodems do not resist lightning surges any better or worse than any other
brands, internal or external, soft type or hardware type.
If you live in the USA, nowhere in the 50 states beats the strip from Tampa,
(where I live), via Lakeland and on to Daytona for most lightning surges in
a year. The last 3 to 4 weeks we have had thunderstorms much worse and much
closer than I have ever seen them in the 63 adult years I have lived in
Tampa. It's been like 155mm artillery guns firing just across the street.
No matter what kind of surge protection you use, PULL your computer
Telephone plugs and Power plugs from wall socket when thunderstorms come
close.
I have learned this the hard way.
- Posted by Chaos Master on July 9th, 2004
JB said:
I always have used Winmodems, started when my 33.6k Rockwell got fried by
lightning.
Currently I use an HSP (PC-Tel) PCI winmodem. Not bad, considering I got the PC-
tel modem for free. Even on my old PC and a cr*p phone line, it connects at
40kbps or more, almost always.
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