Hey! A while ago I reported that when using a pcmcia modem (NOT a winmodem) that the throughput was poor, and that the throughput graph had long periods of no traffic, then an occasional burst. External modem on a serial port, same connection to same isp, to same site, worked fine. Was a mystery.
Bought an external modem, also have broadband (which is down today), so tried out the pcmcia modem, expecting the worst. Well.. it works great! whatever was gunking up pcmcia serial access in previous kernels from like 4-5 months ago is fixed! Way to go! no more bulky external modem and power supply to carry when I travel! V.