[plug] Win modem

[Chris Caston]

On Fri, 2004-12-10 at 16:51, Kev wrote:
> garry wrote:
> > Kev wrote:
> > 
> >> Yea!  Buy a modem.  They're cheap.
> 
> I wasn't meaning to be nasty.  It was just the first thing that entered 
> my head, given that nameless, internal modems can be got for around 
> $30.00 brand new now-a-days.
> >  
> > If this were a family member Kev, I already would have.
> > 
> > I am helping an acquaintance (never met him) get started in Linux. I do 
> > this sort of thing because I believe in Linux.
> 
> I appreciate that.  I'm also a paid up member of PLUG.  I figure that 
> it'd take effort to construe that I was being anything but flipant, 
> whilst giving what I still consider the very best advice for ALL 
> concerned.  Actually it would be my first advice for anyone in that 
> situation starting up in any OS.  Winmodems had more than their fair 
> share problems even in Windoze.  I wouldn't even consider trying to 
> support a brand newbie in Linux, setting up a winmodem on the other side 
> of the country.  The first thing I would say to him is, "Go and buy a 
> modem, and let me know when you're ready."


Can you still buy internal hardware modems?

regards,

Chris
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