Looking for most reliable modem to use with RAS

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RWC

Hello,

I'm looking to purchase a modem to use with RAS, and I'm interested in
hearing from pretty much everyone, on what is the most reliable modem and
which ones I should stay away from. You can email me at hemmingway at shaw
dot ca (in the form of an email address of course) or remove the
"_REMOVE_SPAM_O_MATIC_" from the email address if replying to this post.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!
RWC
 
RWC said:
Hello,

I'm looking to purchase a modem to use with RAS, and I'm interested in
hearing from pretty much everyone, on what is the most reliable modem and
which ones I should stay away from. You can email me at hemmingway at shaw
dot ca (in the form of an email address of course) or remove the
"_REMOVE_SPAM_O_MATIC_" from the email address if replying to this post.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!
RWC
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an external serial modem is usually about the safest choice for reliability
with most any OS


other than that, i'd keep away from those inexpensive "win-modems"

some will work ok however...such as USR

OTOH, those Lucent win-modems that seem to work fine with win9x
have not been very reliable for win2k...at least in my experience
 
Winmodem, internal: get a Conexant-chipset (any kind)
Internal hardware modem: USRobotics, Hayes, Conexant
PCMCIA card: USRobotics/3COM/
But external USrobotics or Hayes are the fastest, most-
reliable. Since todays PCs are starting to really lose the
legacy serial/parallel ports, that external serial may not
be a long-term option.
 
Thanks guys,

I'm already aware of the "Nasty Win-Modem". I am partial to hardware
modems, but hear that they can sometimes not drop the line when you hang up,
which could be a problem with reliability. I have also heard from a
ModemSite survey that a Rockwell / Conexant ACF chipset is what to look for
as far as the gamers are concerned. I figured if it's good enough for
gamers, it should be good enough for what I want to use it for. The problem
is, I can't seem to find a "Rockwell / Conexant ACF" modem, and can't find a
list of modems that contain that chip set.

I'd still like to hear more feedback if possible, what's everyone using for
their RAS connections?

Thanks!
RWC
 
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