[GTALUG] Advice -- Building Debian 8 PC To Replace Win XP PC;

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 04:20:32PM -0400, Russell Reiter wrote:
> Well the fundamental problem is when the signal compression is done by the
> OS rather than the modem hardware  itself. If the modem sends the info that
> it will be handling compression it tends to be recognized by linux as a
> serial device and connectivity can be handled in config files.

This has nothing to do with compression.  Comrpession is just one tiny
part of available modem standards.

The issue is that many cheap modems are just a sound chip with a
transformer and a relay connected to a phone line.  The actual modulating
and demodulating of bits to the phone line is done in software and play
through the sound chip.  There is no modem hardware at all.

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Len Sorensen