[plug] Good modem for Linux?

[Brian Tombleson]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jason Nicholls" <jason at mindsocket.com.au>
Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2000 10:43 PM


> The US Robotics Courier V.Everything (if you can still get them) are one
of
> the most reliable things around. Because they were built around a software
> driven DSP system, even ones starting their lives limited to 28.8k
> were upgradable to the 56k standard (V.90) when it arrived. Oh,
> it's external only.

My 2c worth ..

I completely agree with this.  The Couriers were what we used in Burma -
which has the worst possible communications connections in the world - and
they worked like a charm.  Our problem was that they cost us US$250 each,
but every client we convinced to spend the additional $200 (compared to the
'standard' modem available there) never had a problem again.  They were also
the *only* modem out of the 50-odd that we tested that would handle an IDD
call in/out of that country - nothing else could negotiate or hold a
connection for more than about 30 seconds.

- Brian.