USB (*gasp*) modem?

[Tom Buskey]

On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 7:10 AM, James A. Kuzdrall <gnhlug at intrel.com>wrote:

> Greetings Ken,
>
> On Friday 11 May 2012 02:26:26 Ken D'Ambrosio wrote:
> > Hey, all.  I find myself likely entering the land of dialup for roughly
> > 1.5 weeks.  DSL could be acquired, but for astronomical prices.  So!
> > I'm going with my laptop, so USB is the way to fly.  Suggestions on a
> > modem?  Or do I just bring *two* laptops: an older one with built-in
> > modem, to act as de-facto router, and my current one?  I'd prefer the
> > former -- less to go wrong -- but if getting a USB modem to work under
> > Linux is a problem akin to the old WinModem issues, I'm willing to go
> > with the latter.
>
>     I hope you enjoy the relaxed and peaceful world of dialup.  The best
> modem
> I have found is the 56Kbaud US Robotics part number USR5637.  It plugs
> into a
> USB port and comes up as /dev/ttyACM0 on my system.  It even lists "Linux
> 2.4.20 kernel or higher" in the requirements.
>
>    The price has been about $50 for the 3 I bought between 2008 and 2011.
>
>    Turn off "Auto-load images" when browsing.  You didn't want to see all
> those animated commercials anyway.
>
> Jim Kuzdrall
>
>
I've used USB serial adapters to connect to my old Sun system consoles from
Linux.  I'd imagine they could work for modems as well.  They run $15.
I've only run it at 9600 baud and I don't know how they do at faster speeds.

I've also used my blackberry via usb to tether over 3G if that's an option.
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