On 2003-12-08 10:21:33 +0000 Rob Kendrick alug-main@nun.org.uk wrote:
On Mon, 2003-12-08 at 09:47, Dave Briggs wrote:
On Dec 8 2003, Rob Kendrick wrote:
US Robotics. (Or 3com, whoever makes them these days.) Although if you can get a PCI one still these days, I'd get one of theses. They can be slightly less latent.
Thanks. Had a quick search on Dabs, just to get a gauge on prices, and the US Robotics one is £75 - rather more than I thought I would have to spend. Are the £35 odd quid ones not worth bothering with?
Not IME. The USR ones will give you better performance, and will last you forever. Also, I've had bad experiences with cheap external modems
- some of them really are Windows-only. Boggle. So be careful what you
buy if you're going for a cheap one.
Hrm, my brothers external 56.6k modem was ~ £15, is definately hardware, and was bought ~ 2 years ago. True, you have to be very careful these days, but cheapness is not always brokenness (admittedly, it's an external modem *WITHOUT* a speaker, but hey, it's got line out to plug speakers/headphones in :) now, if I could remember which particular non-brand it was, or where I told him to order it from... that'd be useful :)
On the other hand, I'm still using a 33.6k USR Sportster (internal and ISA!) for my net connection at home, that's now been alive and kicking for over 5 years, and I refuse to replace it till I either (a) upgrade my PC to something without an ISA slot, and have no network cards left... or (b) it dies :)
Cheers,
Brett