[Discuss] External 56k Modems

[Brian Burger]

Anyone got a recommend for a basic external dialup modem?

I know zip about dialup, but I've got a relative who is going to be
using it - the hand-me-down PC she's got is (barely) new enough not to
have a built-in modem, though.

One that works with Linux is (naturally) preferred; she's currently
got a buggy, slow-as-shite Win98 install but I'm thinking seriously
about Xubuntu or Ubuntu for her machine, assuming the modem hardware
will play nice in a userfriendly way.

At least not having a built-in modem means I can avoid the whole
winmodem freak show, which I gather is a mess under Linux.

New inexpensive modems would be good; if someone's got a old reliable
one gathering dust in a closet, I'll take it for a fair price.

Thanks,

Brian