Strengths:Good replacement for my OEM modem. Excellent price
Weaknesses:USR Control Center does NOT work with this modem
Posted Mar 20, 2006 - I purchased this modem as a replacement for the current modem that came with my HP Pavilion PC. The OEM modem that came the PC was a piece of junk. It's suppose to be a 56K v.92 modem. Yet in the 2 years I've had the PC I've never been able to connect at higher than 33K. In fact the majority of times I only connected at around 28K. I called HP support and they insisted there was nothing wrong with the modem. After much fustration I decided to purchase an after-market 56K modem.
I've been consistently getting between 40 - 45Kbps connection with this modem and I notice a decent increase in page loading. The only problems I have is that I cannot get the USR Control Center application to recognize the modem, so therefore I cannot use the Control Center features. The Modem-on-hold GUI feature seems a bit weak also, compared to other manufacturer versions. All-in-all I can't really complain, as this modem came with a $10 rebate from the manufacturer. Plus the $5 rebate from Pricegrabber for writing this review. I only paid $12 for the modem at CircuitCity - so I pocketed $3 on this deal. What a bargain!!!
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