RE: (PMOD) Winmodem information

Conrad A. Rockenhaus (conradr@waco.calpha.com)
Thu, 12 Aug 1999 18:16:05 -0500 (CDT)

Try the PCI Winmodems, we've had even better luck with these, the "Award"
ones anyway. Best Buy usually has them on sale for $9 a pop.

Conrad

On Thu, 12 Aug 1999, Richard Fink wrote:

> This is an interesting idea. Can you give me a specific Model No for the Lucent winmodems you are talking about ?? Also, as these are internal modems, does this not generate tech support calls on how to "install" them ?
>
> -Ric
>
>
> At 06:42 PM 8/11/99 -0400, you wrote:
> >Guys,
> >
> >I have had VERY good luck with the ISA Lucent winmodems talking to a PM-3.
> >You can find them for ~$20 on pricewatch.com from a couple of vendors. We
> >just give them away to customers that have crap modems - the $20 loss is
> >cheaper than screwing around with init strings and upgrades for the garbage
> >they have. So far it has worked out quite well for us.
> >
> >Make sure you give them the latest drivers for the modem - the ones that
> >ship from the bargain places are usually old. I just copy the latest
> >version on the install disk before I give it to the customer.

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