On 2010-10-09 23:17:40 -0400, Hal Vaughan wrote: > On Oct 9, 2010, at 10:17 PM, Phil Requirements wrote: > > > The one I used was US Robotics, but I can't lay my hand on it right > > this minute to say the product number. > > I saw some USR USB modems, but considering how I'll be buying a > number of these, and footing the price myself (for various reasons, > I can't really pass along this cost to my clients), if the $25 modem > I ordered works, I'll be using it over the $45-$50 USR modems. It's > pricing. Now if they're flaky, then, yes, I'll spend more, but if > they work, I won't. >
I agree that you should go with the cheapest one that works as expected. I don't mean to imply that US Robotics USB modems are better than any other one, just mentioning that it worked for me. US Robotics had a good reputation around hardware modems, but then they made WinModems, and now these USB modems are a breed apart from either of those two. Now their reputation is ? I bet part of what you get for $47 from USR is their name brand, and maybe a RMA policy or warrantee. But if a Rosewill behaves the same, I doubt the hardware will be much different or more flaky. I'm out on a limb here, though, because I haven't actually tested different brands or looked at the hardware. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20101010065109.ga11...@kasploosh.net
