3Com Gaming Modem discontinued September 19, 2000?

[Stealth1024]

http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/default.asp?edc=188370

Can anyone confirm this? If so it would make a good Anand Tech news article.

Anyone have any ideas for other good controller based PCI modems?

 

[NFS4]

I guess people didn't buy the whole "gaming modem" ploy

 

[slpaulson]

Zoom has a nice lucent external modem. I sold it when I got my cable modem though

 

[Stealth1024]

I live out here in the middle of the country, no DSL, Cable, ISDN, or even clean dialup connections. For these reasons, I need a quality controller-based PCI modem.

Any suggestions?

 

[JellyBaby]

<< I guess people didn't buy the whole &quot;gaming modem&quot; ploy >>

Actually, from at least two reviews I remember reading, that modem had great performance and low pings even under mediocre line conditions.

 

[Wingznut]

Back in the days of dial-up (for me ), I had both a USR ISA hardware modem, and the 3Com Internet Gaming modem.

And I can safely say that the 3Com IGM was better for gaming. No, I didn't get large ping differences, but the modem was much more &quot;consistant&quot; (for lack of a better term).

 

[jor888]

From other review it makes no diff or it is worse than other modem. No wonder they discontinue LOL>

 

[Wingznut]

Hey, I'm just stating my experiences. Discount it however you will.

Don't be so quick to believe everything you read on a review site. For all you know, they used the thing for less than 2 hours and called it good.

 

[jor888]

So what is ur point? Did I said u are wrong about it? DO u have to win every argument everytime?

 

[Modus]

No big deal. Any old dirt cheap Lucent LT winmodem always offered similar performance.

Modus

 

[thorin]

&quot;Anyone have any ideas for other good controller based PCI modems? &quot;

3COm/USR 2976 and 2977 are nice HW based PCI Modems. I use a 2976 myself as do a number of friends and clients.

Thorin

 

[thorin]

Modus
&quot;No big deal. Any old dirt cheap Lucent LT winmodem always offered similar performance.&quot;

Did anyone ask or mention anything about WinModems? NO Let it go!

Thorin

 

[Doomguy]

Thorin: He has the right to spell out the facts. You're on of the people that will never accept the truth that a winmodem based on a lucent chipset will perform equally or better than hardware one in most cases.

 

[thorin]

My point was that no one asked or mentioned WinModem yet Modus can never help but get his little winmodem plug in.

And I have in the past agreed openly that they may perform equally under optimal conditions (line noise, etc...). But you are right I still don't believe that they can outperform a hardware based modem.

Thorin

 

[Modus]

Thorin,

<<My point was that no one asked or mentioned WinModem yet Modus can never help but get his little winmodem plug in.>>

A helpful person does not answer some one's exact question like a robot. Instead, he will point him in the direction that will best solve his problem.

Stealth1024's real problem is not that he needs a hardware modem, but that he needs a GOOD modem. And since it was been long ago established that a dirt cheap HCF winmodem from Conexant or Lucent will perform just as well as any hardware modem in the vast majority of circumstances, suggesting such a modem is the best solution to Stealth's real problem, and a thrifty solution at that.

<<And I have in the past agreed openly that they may perform equally>>

And since they do (at such an insanely cheap price) they represent the best choice for 56k connectivity.

Modus

 

[Heretik]

If you still find the need for a good controller based PCI modem, check out ActionTec

 

[Stealth1024]

Alright, lets get more specific. What are your opinions on the USR 56K V.90 Performance Pro PCI Modem?

http://www.necxdirect.com/hai/prod_page.html?key=155717&amp;nonce=guest_gate_biz

And finally, will I suffer any performance hit by setting up an old bare-bones Pentium 120 computer (install the new modem in this computer instead of the new one) on a network to act as an Internet sharing/Print Server computer? There are three other computers which would be connected via switch. I plan on using the built-in Win98 Internet Sharing (which I use now between two computers) but other suggestions would be helpful.