U.S. Robotics 005687-03 56K V.90 Internal Faxmodem

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Summary: 5687-3 internal usr hardware fax modem
Review: 5687-3 hardware
the 3 designates a card with jumpers.
the jumpers can be usd to set this isa modem to com2 interrupt 3
the standard or can be set to pnp mode.
hardware means minimal load on your system and cpu
winmodems don't really exist except for a pci enumerator
that initially is detected as a unknown pci device.
the actual modem is emulated by a software program running
in windows, this is why it is called a win-modem.
hardware modems often say they can run in dos and require
a fast 386 or 486 cpu.
winmodems typically need a p166 or higher to run the modem emulator program and have a little left to run your browser
or other programs.
do you typically run one or more programs in the background
while trying to get the most speed out of games especially on line? you will be if you run a winmodem.
i am sorry that they chose to advertise this fine modem
that they don't have.
as a come on and then have poorer modems and win modems on sale for more. most motherboards are coming with out isa slots.
while the 5687-3 is software upgradable,an upgrade to v92
has yet to appear,and may not.
lack of upgrade to v92 may not be a problem for a year or more
as it will take that or longer for isps to adopt the new standard. lack of isa slots in newer computers may doom
the isa card unless you intend to keep your computer
for years to come,and don't need gigahertz computers for
business and websurfing.
coulomb at the LAB at webvelosix forums.

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Summary: I have a problem with my phone modem.
Review: I have a problem with my phone modem. it wont hang up and when I dial the number i have to disconnect my phone line for i can get a dial tone from it. the phone modem is only 1 year old. it is a 3com u.s. Robotics 56k inter. I use a 3 1/2 disk with modem drives 2977. what can i do?

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Summary: Great upgrade, solid connection
Review: I just replaced my USR Telepath 56k winmodem with this one. As you might guess, the connection speed did not change, but I did notice it connected to my isp faster(10-15 seconds instead of 30-40 seconds), and that web pages seemed to download faster. My ping rates playing Tribes are around 25% lower and because it is not a winmodem(not trying to downside winmodems), it used its own processor instead of your cpu's, freeing up system resources. IE 5.0 comes on the software which is included. The USR 5687-03 uses an ISA slot, but don't let that turn you away. That has nothing to do with your connection speed or data trasfer. Your ISA bus is much faster than any analog internet connection. By the way, installation is a snap, just follow the instructions.

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Summary: No problems with PnP, but..
Review: if you intend on using this as a manually configured modem: good luck. Maybe it's just me and the people I've asked for help from, but I've still not been able to get this modem to work in the jumpered mode. In the Plug-n-Play mode it works fine and configures itself. The manual is rather skimpy on non PnP configs which doesn't help much. With that said - it does work great and I fully expect I will get it working with manual config since I want to use it under LINUX - and to do that you have to have a modem like this, NOT a windows modem, the extra cost is worth the flexibility!

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Summary: No problems with PnP, but..
Review: if you intend on using this as a manually configured modem: good luck. Maybe it's just me and the people I've asked for help from, but I've still not been able to get this modem to work in the jumpered mode. In the Plug-n-Play mode it works fine and configures itself. The manual is rather skimpy on non PnP configs which doesn't help much. With that said - it does work great and I fully expect I will get it working with manual config since I want to use it under LINUX - and to do that you have to have a modem like this, NOT a windows modem, the extra cost is worth the flexibility!

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Summary: It's really true!
Review: If you live in the sticks this is a must. I live outside a small town and my connectivity was lousy. I was only pulling 26,400 bps and now, after installing this and going into modem properties in control panel and adjusting the port settings to minimum, I'm pulling 45,333 bps. It's fairly easy to install (did it myself) and if you have Win98 the driver's already there-- the computer installed the software itself, basically. I have to say it again: from 26,400 to 45,333 bytes per second!

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Summary: It's really true!
Review: If you live in the sticks this is a must. I live outside a small town and my connectivity was lousy. I was only pulling 26,400 bps and now, after installing this and going into modem properties in control panel and adjusting the port settings to minimum, I'm pulling 45,333 bps. It's fairly easy to install (did it myself) and if you have Win98 the driver's already there-- the computer installed the software itself, basically. I have to say it again: from 26,400 to 45,333 bytes per second!