[freegeek-startup] Modems

[Michael Westwind]

In Portland, we use lucent (aka agere) and pctel winmodems.  The drivers
work fine in the ubuntu boxes we give out.  I believe the lucent driver
is built in and the pctel driver had to be added but I will have to make
sure of that.

Michael

On Sun, 2006-11-05 at 15:38 -0600, Draco wrote:
> Sean Artman wrote:
> > I'm getting ready to start selling my cheap GNU/Linux rebuilds
> > locally... any thoughts on my options when it comes to people who need
> > a modem? I live in a rural area, and not everyone has access to (or
> > can afford) a DSL or cable hookup.
> >
> > Linux-compatible modems, even external ones, seem pretty expensive. It
> > doesn't make sense to double (or more) the cost of these rebuilt
> > systems just to add a modem. I did find a couple places that sell the
> > Best Data 56SX92 external modem for a pretty good price, but only if I
> > buy a bunch of them at once. And I'd rather use internal modems if
> > possible.
> Hi,
>     First let me introduce myself... everyone calls me Draco.  I live in
> Amarillo, Texas and I am considering starting up a Freegeek here,
> however I have not decided yet.    
> 
> It may be possible to use a cheap winmodem with Linux.  Take a look at
> these pages.
> 
> http://linmodems.org/
> http://walbran.org/sean/linux/linmodem-howto.html
> 
> Draco
> 
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