What modems work with Ubuntu?

[Lee Revell]

On Tue, 2006-02-07 at 05:25 -0800, Mike Drabik wrote:
> C. After checking motherboard specs, I.T. Specialist recommends this
> upgrade: 60 GB Hardrive, 768 MB RAM (max MB can handle); overclock CPU
> to .9 GHZ and recommends Ubuntu as the O/S as Windows XP doesn't fit
> the budget. Total with Ubuntu (free): $210.00; with Windows XP:
> $330.00.
> 
> D. Director approves cost and cuts check and I.T Specialist proceeds.
> 
> E. THEN, after the upgrade is complete, I.T. Specialist finds the
> Winmodem won't work in Ubuntu. He works at every possible solution he
> can find - desperately even working at home using his broadband
> connection looking for a possible windmodem driver compatible with
> Linux. Result: nothing, absolutely nothing works.
> 

Your IT specialist screwed up at C, when he/she assumed that the modem
would work with Ubuntu.  Just add "a Linux compatible modem, $40" to
that list of upgrades - what's the big deal?  It's still cheaper than
XP.

Lee