[ALUG] linux newbie - help requested

[Ian bell]

Adam Bower wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 15, 2007 at 06:00:55PM +0000, Ian bell wrote:
> 
>>And because all PCs these days have built-in modems, the external ones 
>>are available very cheaply - around £10 or less.
> 
> 
> I thought nowadays most PCs don't have built in modems, they seem to be
> going the way of the floppy disk.

This is a very rapidly changing area. I bought a laptop for my wife 
just over a year ago. it had built in modem and a  built-in wireles 
card but no serial port. I suspect this year the modem is/will be dropped.

  Out of interest i've not seen an
> external serial modem for sale for less than 10 quid (cheapest i've 
> seen is one for 11 quid from ebuyer but isn't a "quality" brand), 
> perhaps some usb ones are available at that price but lots of them seem
> to be winmodems which complicates things even more. Just out of interest
> where have you seen cheaper?
> 


Not looked recently. Again, about a year ago my neighbour got one for 
a tenner. That may have been the bottom price - perhaps thay are 
rising now because they are rarer/not in demand.

Ian