Larry, Just curious - I've used the Motorola Winmodems for about a year and have only had one bad modem... what problems have you been experiencing? Guido Piraino [log in to unmask] > -----Original Message----- > From: PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List > Behalf Of Larry Fisk > Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2000 1:37 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] USR vs LT modems > > > Jim; > > Although I don't generally us LT winmodems in my systems > I have used a few on my inexpensive or used systems. > They seem to work very well. > I have seen them connect at the same or faster speeds > than my USR hardware modem on the same line. > It's hard to ignore them, when they work well and cost > as little as $12. The USR internal hardware modems I use > cost around $60. The LT winmodems use the Lucent chipset. > I can't really recommend any other chipset, but I haven't used many. > Most of the big name computer companies use some brand of winmodem > One brand I avoid like the plague are Motorola winmodems. Do you want to signoff PCBUILD or just change to Digest mode - visit our web site: http://nospin.com/pc/pcbuild.html