Alexander,
> Sure, I'm interested on hopping on the bandwagon to support large
> companies' demand for cheap, poor quality connectivity solutions
in order
> to increase profit margins of unaware consumers. Might as well
sell them
> to individual consumers while we're at it, right?
I agree that software modems are a BIG pain. I haven't quite had
the helpdesk-rage ISP experience, but trying to get the things to
run reliably for clients has been a challenge to say the least.
However, where does the problem lie - hardware or software?
Given an Open Source driver to bugstomp and optimise, the software
modem might yet be regarded as "inexpensive", not "cheap". I know a
lot of people who would prefer to pay $40 for a fast modem...
It angers and frustrates me when companies push savings on to
customers at the expense of qaulity and reliability, but the
argument that lowering the price lowers the barriers to entry is
pretty strong too.
Of course, this assumes that these modems can be saved by their
drivers... You'd have a better idea whether it's the hardware or
software's problem. I'm interested to find out.
One thing that worries me is that the driver would probably be
running as a kernel module, right? Ewww... Say it's not true!
- Jeff
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