Re: Modem prices (was Re: sigh...big problems if anyone has time to help me out...)
On Tue, Apr 17, 2001 at 11:38:30AM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote:
| on Mon, Apr 16, 2001 at 11:31:09PM -0400, D-Man (dsh8290@rit.edu) wrote:
| > On Mon, Apr 16, 2001 at 06:11:14PM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote:
| > | For starters, you have to find out whether or not you've got a WinModem.
| > | If so, your best bet is to buy an external modem for about $100. Most
| > | of the stuff that's GNU/Linux-compatible is now labled as such.
| >
| > $100 sounds rather high to me. I haven't actually bought a modem, all
| > the ones I have were given to me. If you want I can send you a
| > 14.4Kb/s external US Robotics modem. The only cost will be shipping.
| > Otherwise you can probably find a used parts shop around and get one
| > there.
|
| I picked up my last internal for about $80 or so. Externals are more
| expensive. Winmodems tend to run half the cost or less -- I've seen
| them as low as $25 or so. Don't be fooled.
Wow. I really didn't think they were that much. Ethernet is a
superior technology, and NICs run $15-$30 for decent ones. As I said
I got all my modems as hand-me-downs so I didn't pay for any of them.
The only one I got new was the 56K internal win^H^H^Hlosemodem that
came with the Compaq I used to own.
One of the more recent ones I got was a 28.8K ISA internal modem. It
came from the scraps at the company my dad works at. I plugged it in
and voila it worked. Much better than that winmodem ;-). Somewhat of
a surprise since it came with no ESD protected, etc. and no
documentation at all.
-D
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