Andy Ball wrote:

> Hello Brad!
>
>   BS> The umodem driver [perhaps the uhci/ohci driver] was a
>     > little cranky in the 1.4P era.  I was unable to use my
>     > uhci machine with a umodem while doing ppp.
>
> Thanks for your feedback.  I may stick to good old fassioned
> serial modems then, despite their relatively high cost.

That's safer.  Not because the USB modem driver doesn't work, but
because most USB modems are "winmodems" that the driver cannot handle.

    -- Lennart