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Re: OT: How to find a modem that works with Linux...



On Mon, 2002-06-17 at 16:58, Ed Cogburn wrote:
> ben wrote:
> 
> > On Sunday 16 June 2002 08:02 pm, Steve Brown wrote:
[snip]
> Funny, I've heard this external-is-better for years, but I've been using 
> internals for more than a decade and never had problems with them.  An 
> external is just one more box taking up space somewhere on my crowded 
> table.  As for lights, I don't have that problem, the lights are on the 
> command bar at the bottom, either in Windows or Linux/X/KDE.  Lights 
> aren't that helpful anyway, they can't tell you whether the delay is 
> temporary or your ISP connection is hung permanently.  A good internal 
> one is just as good, and a tad cheaper, than an external one.  I'm using 
> a USR PCI faxmodem, model #5610.

Finally, a kindred spirit!

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