>On Monday, Marc wrote: > >>I am moving to the country, where cable is not accessible and high speed >>connection over phone lines is also not available. I guess that the only >>other option is a 56k modem. I have a PPC 7600 G4XLR8 400/200, with 768 mb >>of RAM. Any brand of modem to recommend? > > >Well, Marc, I, too live in a rural part of the world, and I have to >use my 56k Global Village modem hooked up to my PM7600/G3/400/512k. >It works fine, although the maximum connection speed I have ever had >has been 48,000. I also had good results with my old US Robotics >33.6k modem, connecting with no problems. From personal experience, >I'd say that either of these two brands would do you fine. The real >issue will be the condition of the phone lines in your area, and the >quality of service the ISP provides.
I too live in the country. Using a US Robotics FAXmodem V.90 56K standard &x2 compat. on my 6100/60AV. Works well but I must say my daughters new iMac (56k internal) access the web 4-5+ times faster than my setup over the same lines, the same ISP. I have tried to get new drivers for the modem but 3Com (evidently bought out US Robotics) is not offering anything in the way of updated drivers. I figure there has been some new stuff figured out allowing the newer modem in the iMac to operate so much faster than my setup. I have had the modem for about 4 years (I think) and have never updated the driver. Am I on the correct track here about drivers and modem operation?? I used to have a GV unit and it was problematical, the USRobotics unit been no problem at all, save this, apparent, no further support by 3Com. John -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
