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Creative Labs DI5630 Modem Blaster Flash 56K Modem

Creative Labs DI5630 Modem Blaster Flash 56K Modem

List Price: $49.99
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Rating: 4 stars
Summary: some problems at first but works fine
Review: It was hard to install the card into my pci slot. A couple Driver Installation problems which made me call tech support. It achieved a fast connection speed of 48,000bps and quick download speed.

Great Product, few Installation problems

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: AFFORDABLE WITH ACCEPTABLE RESULTS
Review: IT WAS THAT TIME,I HAD BEEFED UP MY RAM,VIDEO CARD UPDATED TO A NEW VERSION OF AOL,THE TIME CAME FOR A NEW MODEM.I READ UP ON SOME OF THE MODEMS BUT I HAD NO IDEA WHAT I WAS FACING WHEN I WALKED INTO THE LOCAL COMPUTER STORE.BRANDS OF MODEMS I NEVER HEARD OF AND MY CONCERN WAS IT GOING TO BE THE RIGHT CHOICE? 3 CLERKS GAVE ME 3 OPINIONS WHICH DIDNT HELP.I FINALLY GOT THE CREATIVE MODEM 5630.IT BOASTED PNP,WELL THIS WASNT THE CASE,AFTER 3 TRIES I GOT IT TO LOAD THE DRIVERS AND THE OTHER ADD ONS WHICH WERE A PLUS.INTALLATION WAS 10 MINS TOPS. MY CONNCECTION SPEEDS WERE INCREASED.I RARELY CONNNECT BELOW 48000BPS.DEFINITELY AN INCREASE FROM 44000.ASIDE FROM THE PLUG AND PLAY DIFFICULTY I WOULD SAY IT WAS WORTH THE PRICE.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Reasonable Price,OK performance
Review: Modem is a bit flaky and setup was time consuming. Not true PNP which didn't help-had to setup manually. Regardless of how clean the line is, modem rarely come close to maximum bps rating. Considering USR comparison based on recommendations from other users.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: modem problems
Review: The Modem Blaster DI5630 v.90 is the most for the dollar. I have built systems using many Top of the Line models from some of the biggst names in the industry. But when the phone system is not running perfect the Creative Labs product logs on at a higher speed 100% of the time by as much as 8 to 10 KBPS as is the easiest to install and configure. I would recomend this to anyone. I run this modem in my home and office. Thank you,

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: good modem, good price
Review: The modem works well and installs easily.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Best Modem anyone could ever wish for.
Review: This modem is a fairly old model, I have had it for 3 years. I love this modem. I took it out of the box poped it in, started my computer and connected to the internet with no problems. At this time I am planning to replace my modem due to IRQ problems on my PC, I have decided to get an external modem from the same company. I am puchasing the Digicom\Creative DE5620 model. I have chosen this because of my success with this modem company.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A real Gem!
Review: This modem is a real gem and a steal at it's price. I owned one for 3 years until it got zapped during a thunderstorm recently and now I am hunting around for another one. You get rock solid connections and excellent throughput and download speeds but one thing that really stands out is its ability to shrug off bad line conditions. I had installed dsl before my modems demise and it performed flawlessly even with the additional line noise brought on by dsl. If you are looking around for a modem as backup to your dsl/cable then look no further. You will be hard pressed to find a finer modem. BTW my pc is a Pentium 200mhz just so you know that this modem is totally undemanding on cpu cycles, in fact its minimum system requirements is a 100mhz cpu! If you look at other int modems out there you will see much higher cpu requirements because the modem depends on your cpu to do some of its work, but not this one! An excellent buy! No other modem comes close in terms of performance.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: More baud per buck!
Review: When it comes to computer peripherals at this price, it's tempting to ask not how well it works, but does it work at all. Well, it won't intercept your emails while the PC's off, or grab faxes for you, or page you when an email arrives, but if you want those things you're in completely the wrong price-range. In reallity, I found setting this modem up to be very simple and straight forward, though I can see how the complete novice may get a little confused, and it has so far been a solid performer giving good connection speeds without sacrificing accuracy. My neighbour uses a $200 modem, and gets precisely the average 48 KBPS connection speeds that I get on this little budget gem. I'm not going into design features and build quality and all the other things you may be interested in if you were spending silly money, and as for reliability, well mine hasn't flinched in 2 years, so if it blows tomorrow I'll consider I had my money's worth. Capable and reliable this is a great choice for the budget conscious.


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