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| Thread ID: 60789 | 2005-08-13 04:28:00 | internal or external modem? | MAC_H8ER (5897) | Press F1 |
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| 380713 | 2005-08-14 03:41:00 | I agree with Terry about the ISA modems. I have a 33.3k ISA USR one here that managed speeds about the same as my generic software 56k PCI. (though now I've got DSL it doesn't really matter) In my opinion an internal modem is better, no seperate power adaptor and less cables etc, and serial is annoying because it has to be turned on before the computer is else it won't be recognised. But then if you have a USB or Ethernet external modem you can always reboot it without having to restart the computer... |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 380714 | 2005-08-14 04:36:00 | you can also get hardware pci modems | sambaird (47) | ||
| 380715 | 2005-08-14 06:24:00 | If your going to use dial-up then the dynalink rural modem comes with my approval, along with the approval of millions of others.... I used it with Christchurchs rotting phone Telecon phone lines near Jade Staduim. Dispite being connected to the central exchange, and walking distance from the square, the lines were somewhat sad but the rural modem gave me speeds one should expect in the inner city. Telecom claimed it would cost too much to lay new phone lines, and freely admitted that they were giving me the best line they had spare in a dying pool. Telsta came along and saved telecom the trouble of rebuiding. They dug up the street, laid new lines, and eventually hooked me on to a cable modem so i have not had need for the dynalink rural modem for some time. I passed it to someone living in the wops who found it provided serious improvement. |
personthingy (1670) | ||
| 380716 | 2005-08-14 07:54:00 | yup, we cant get adsl so we are getting woosh wireless do any of you guys have it? if so is it as good as adsl? | MAC_H8ER (5897) | ||
| 380717 | 2005-08-14 08:46:00 | you can also get hardware pci modems Really? Give a link to one please? (Fully hardware, not just the DSP part) that are approved for NZ and available retail here. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 380718 | 2005-08-14 10:06:00 | you can also get hardware pci modems you will find that at best they are semi hardware, even tho they are touted as "hardware modems". the only pci hardware i have heard of was a usrobotics one but its not advailable in NZ.(tho things may have changed over the years). |
tweak'e (69) | ||
| 380719 | 2005-08-14 21:35:00 | yup, we cant get adsl so we are getting woosh wireless do any of you guys have it? if so is it as good as adsl? My friend and my sister both have Woosh. They both have really bad latency issues, and their '256k' is actually slightly less than 256k in reality (about 3kbytes/s slower than it should be according to the JSG speed test,) but everyone I know with 256k ADSL actually get 256k. Woosh is a great choice for people that don't use their landline except for internet because although it is very expensive compared to ADSL, it is a lot cheaper when you add on the cost of a phone line to the ADSL price. |
Greven (91) | ||
| 380720 | 2005-08-14 22:31:00 | If you have a marginal connection with woosh, a trick that works well is to get a "spare" satalite dish, and use it to focus your ariel at the woosh site. I say this because you say you are rural and i know not what distances are involved. :D | personthingy (1670) | ||
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