Don't laugh - need USB dialup modem recommendations

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December 09, 2011, 07:35:59 AM
Not for me - my dad refuses to get broadband internet service and still uses a dialup ISP. I set him up with a Mac Mini using a USB modem from USRobotics, but the darn things keep dying. They recently replaced the original one under warranty, but now the replacement modem died as well.

Can anyone recommend another modem to try? I'm still going to get USRobotics to replace this modem, but I'm thinking it might be good to have 2 so when the next one dies he can just swap modems.
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December 09, 2011, 11:09:59 AM
I had nothing but trouble with US Robotics Modems, then I found a Zoom USB modem and never had another issue. No idea if they even still make them tho. I would give ya mine but it was trashed this passed October after the last flood we had here.
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December 09, 2011, 11:31:21 AM
I have a zoom USB modem at home I grabbed at a thrift store or something in a mixed bag of stuff I needed other bits, I'll see if I can find it. Supposed to work with osx.
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December 09, 2011, 01:01:37 PM
Quote from: DCurry on December 09, 2011, 07:35:59 AMNot for me - my dad refuses to get broadband internet service and still uses a dialup ISP. I set him up with a Mac Mini using a USB modem from USRobotics, but the darn things keep dying. They recently replaced the original one under warranty, but now the replacement modem died as well.

Can anyone recommend another modem to try? I'm still going to get USRobotics to replace this modem, but I'm thinking it might be good to have 2 so when the next one dies he can just swap modems.


Is there not a modem built in? what OS?
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December 09, 2011, 01:05:20 PM
Does it need to be USB? I probably have half a dozen (or so) PCI modems lying around if you want one... or three...
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December 09, 2011, 01:06:15 PM
Quote from: david on December 09, 2011, 01:01:37 PM
Quote from: DCurry on December 09, 2011, 07:35:59 AMNot for me - my dad refuses to get broadband internet service and still uses a dialup ISP. I set him up with a Mac Mini using a USB modem from USRobotics, but the darn things keep dying. They recently replaced the original one under warranty, but now the replacement modem died as well.

Can anyone recommend another modem to try? I'm still going to get USRobotics to replace this modem, but I'm thinking it might be good to have 2 so when the next one dies he can just swap modems.

Is there not a modem built in? what OS?

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December 09, 2011, 01:42:03 PM
I have to admit I violated the rules and snickered a little when I saw the title to this thread.

Sorry, Dan.

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December 09, 2011, 02:52:21 PM
His dad sounds high tech. I don't even have internet or a working computer at home.
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Quote from: pspdfppdfx on December 06, 2012, 05:03:51 PM
So,  :drunk3: i send the job to the rip with live transparecy (v 1.7 or whatever) and it craps out with a memory error.

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DCurry

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December 09, 2011, 04:06:38 PM
I knew you bastards would laugh. Actually, I laugh at his stubbornness. His house isn't wired for cable and the cable company would have to run a line through his yard and he thinks it will tear it up and they won't make it look nice. I told him the lines are usually run pretty shallow, in fact they'll probably just use a straight shovel to split the ground and tuck the wire in but he is mad because he didn't receive a satisfactory answer from the cable guy on the phone a couple years ago. FiOS is coming to his neighborhood soon and my mom says she'll try to get him to look into that.

This particular model of Mini does not have a built-in modem. Yes, it must be a USB modem. I'll pick them up a Zoom. Thanks for the link, mwc!

Want to laugh at something else? He has a combover!
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December 09, 2011, 04:53:01 PM Last Edit: December 09, 2011, 04:54:29 PM by frailer
Quote from: DCurry on December 09, 2011, 04:06:38 PMWant to laugh at something else? He has a combover!

     now THAT's funny.     :lmao:


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December 09, 2011, 05:12:50 PM
Quote from: DCurry on December 09, 2011, 04:06:38 PMHe has a combover!

Did he make it into the fabulous hairstyles book, as featured on your avatar?
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Quote from: pspdfppdfx on December 06, 2012, 05:03:51 PM
So,  :drunk3: i send the job to the rip with live transparecy (v 1.7 or whatever) and it craps out with a memory error.

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December 09, 2011, 05:13:20 PM
Quote from: DCurry on December 09, 2011, 04:06:38 PMI knew you bastards would laugh. Actually, I laugh at his stubbornness. His house isn't wired for cable and the cable company would have to run a line through his yard and he thinks it will tear it up and they won't make it look nice. I told him the lines are usually run pretty shallow, in fact they'll probably just use a straight shovel to split the ground and tuck the wire in but he is mad because he didn't receive a satisfactory answer from the cable guy on the phone a couple years ago. FiOS is coming to his neighborhood soon and my mom says she'll try to get him to look into that.

This particular model of Mini does not have a built-in modem. Yes, it must be a USB modem. I'll pick them up a Zoom. Thanks for the link, mwc!

Want to laugh at something else? He has a combover!

I like him already!
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December 09, 2011, 05:46:43 PM
As long as his hair doesn't look like Donald Trump's he's got my vote!

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December 09, 2011, 08:10:57 PM
Quote from: gnubler on December 09, 2011, 05:12:50 PMDid he make it into the fabulous hairstyles book, as featured on your avatar?

No, but perchance that's what begat my fascination with bad hair!

Here's the actual combover in all of its horizontal follicular splendor:


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