Are all Modems Created equal?

[Thanatos.]

Ok i need a dial-up modem for my pc (yeah i know dialup sucks but all high speed is outrageously expensive out here) I found a v92 motorala one on ebay for $10 shipped my question is this is there really a difference in modem quality?

 

[Bullitt]

Depends.

If your phone lines are crap, then those $10 modems will give you problems.

If your lines are marginal, I'd go with a Lucent chipset if you have to go cheap. If I had to get the best of the best analog modem, I'd get a US-Robotics external modem.


If your lines are great, a $3 modem is just as good as anything out there. Basically it boils down to "How good is my phone line to a modem?" question.

Solution, buy a $3 modem and try it out. If it doesnt work and you dont want to mess around, buy an external US-Robotics (the one that connects with an RS-232 Serial cable) and forget the rest.

 

[Thanatos.]

Im not sure of the quality of our line, we have a US-Robotics in our other computer and havent had any problems but i didnt want to spend more that $15 cause ill have high speed when i go out to college next semester.