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Member since:2007-01-12
Right. I just feel that that would make my Laptop less mobile if I had to carry an additional device with me.
And you can't simply run into a shop here to buy one, since most only stock software modems (at ridiculous high prices, btw, I doubt I'd get a HW modem as cheap as you say without mailordering it somewhere)
And I know how to get the driver working, even if it is usually a pain to do. I only say that it is a giant annoyance for someone not to familiar with Linux.
Member since:2006-02-06
I don't suffer from this problem anymore, but, unfortunately to many other users, here in Brazil the last time I checked a hard modem was costing about five times more than its software counterpart. But it was like two years ago... don't know how things are these days.
they were also very hard to find, btw.
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2006-09-24
Seriously, while I do feel your pain, hardware modems are $15 tops and would be a very wise investment if you plan to use Linux with dialup for any length of time.