USR makes a very nice PCI voice/fax modem that works with Linux;
you need to do some fiddling with the serial ports to make it work
(see the Modem-HOWTO) but otherwise it works fine.
The key is to get the "hardware modem" which retails for about $120
and not the "software modem" that retails for about half that amount.
As for the Lucent WinModem, I use this on an Acer 330T with Linux 2.4
and while it has some serious lock problems (when it crashes, you must
remove the battery to reboot) these only occur if _you_ terminate
pppd instead of allowing the closed connection to terminate pppd.
(that's my theory anyway).
The current version linked to the linmodems page is better, but still
has this problem; as a precaution, unless the modem disconnects
because the ISP hung-up or did not connect, I always do a hard reboot
between calls.
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