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US Robotics 56K Internet Call Modem | List Price: $115.00
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Brand: USRobotics
Binding: Electronics
Warranty: 5 years warranty
Not Compatible with Windows 2000 [Posted on 2001-02-07]
This modem was a great disappointment. After following the directions included... it was determined that this modem sometimes works with 2000, but in most cases such as mine, it does not. I then tried to install the modem on my windows 95 system to avoid sending it back. The software included by 3COM, did not install the modem as promised.... I doubt if I will even buy another USRobotics product again.
STAY AWAY FROM U.S. ROBOTICS [Posted on 2001-10-21]
U.S. Robotics will take your money and give you garbage in return. I have their external USB faxmodem and it was one of the worst supported products I have ever purchased. Their web site is a confusing mess and their driver development always lags, if they even have a driver for the product at all. Their support numbers and email are useless. This company is irresponsible and looking to take your money without properly supporting the product.
Nightmare installation [Posted on 2002-01-03]
Don't buy this modem if you have Windows 2000. Even though the box claims that the modem can be installed on Windows 2000, the drivers CD accompanying the modem has no drivers for Windows 2000! AFter discovering that, I went to their website and downloaded the driver for 2000. But 2000 would not install the driver because it kept complaining about missing INF files. I find it hard to believe that this product was released without testing drivers for Windows 2000.
Works fine in XP [Posted on 2002-06-05]
There are detailed install instructions for XP on the USRobotics web page. Very impressive and easy to follow!
Stay away of USR [Posted on 2003-03-25]
I bought this modem as inexpensive one, guided by a false advertisement that this modem is "hardware" modem, i.e. has its own controller. It happened to be the same winmodem as others but communication speed is even lower.
Maybe it's well supported on Windows 95/98 but attempts to use the "updated" driver to install it on Windows 2000 resulted in 2 days waste of time. I have to trash it and try to find something more reliable.
That was my second (and last) experience with USR modems.
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