"MTS Promotions" <info.mts@7kosova.pik.kom.com> wrote in message
news:1457963.IP0tjDxaps@LinuxAdvancedExtranetServe r.sympatico.ca...
> It is funny that the harddrake utility of Mandrake wont recognize the
> worlds
> best 56k h/w modem.
> The utility lists it as Unknown under a question mark.
>
> The modem is propely identified as
> 56K FaxModem Model 5610

USR hasn't been world's best in nearly 10 years. Telebit has remained rock
solid, but the consumer grade modems from USR^H^H^H 3Com have been fairly
poor since the Sportster.

Note that most popular modems now are also Winmodems, meaning they have
offloaded a bunch of their processing to the CPU instead of being on the
modem, which saves the modem maker money but means you do require the
drivers for it.