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From: mgrahm on 8 May 2010 14:37
Hi all

My aunt currently has older iMac (must be 11 years old) and we think
it has bitten the dust. In any event she is looking to buy a new iMac
or maybe a refurbished model from Apple. Problem is that she connects
to the internet to read her email a few times a week, so she does use
a dial-up connection and these new unit don't have a built in modem.
So I am looking for suggestions or recommendations on USB modems.

Thanks
Michael
From: Fred McKenzie on 8 May 2010 22:49
In article
<fbfc3b62-d37c-4534-9120-6c70b1b33430(a)h20g2000prn.googlegroups.com>,
"mgrahm(a)trib.com" <mgrahm(a)trib.com> wrote:

> she does use
> a dial-up connection and these new unit don't have a built in modem.
> So I am looking for suggestions or recommendations on USB modems.

Michael-

Apple temporarily discontinued their USB external modem, but brought it
back because of the demand.

You can also find Mac-compatible USB modems from USRobotics and Zoom,
but I think the Apple modem is easier to set up.

Fred
From: nospam on 8 May 2010 23:03
In article <fmmck-3904BD.22494008052010(a)5ad64b5e.bb.sky.com>, Fred
McKenzie <fmmck(a)aol.com> wrote:

> Apple temporarily discontinued their USB external modem, but brought it
> back because of the demand.

it's does not show up in the apple store.

> You can also find Mac-compatible USB modems from USRobotics and Zoom,
> but I think the Apple modem is easier to set up.

third party modems are cheaper and better than apple's no longer
available modem.
From: mgrahm on 9 May 2010 11:15
On May 8, 8:49 pm, Fred McKenzie <fm...(a)aol.com> wrote:
> In article
> <fbfc3b62-d37c-4534-9120-6c70b1b33...(a)h20g2000prn.googlegroups.com>,
>
>  "mgr...(a)trib.com" <mgr...(a)trib.com> wrote:
> > she does use
> > a dial-up connection and these new unit don't have a built in modem.
> > So I am looking for suggestions or recommendations on USB modems.
>
> Michael-
>
> Apple temporarily discontinued their USB external modem, but brought it
> back because of the demand.
>
> You can also find Mac-compatible USB modems from USRobotics and Zoom,
> but I think the Apple modem is easier to set up.
>
> Fred

Thanks Fred

I think someone else in our family put a bid on an Apple modem on
eBay.

Michael
From: Fred McKenzie on 9 May 2010 15:18
In article
<michelle-B99898.05535609052010(a)62-183-169-81.bb.dnainternet.fi>,
Michelle Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> wrote:

> Apparently, it's not available now (in the US Apple Store); I searched the
> store's web site for "modem", and the only hit I got was the airport
> extreme.

Some time after the USB modem was first dropped, a local Apple dealer
got some more in, and they were available at Best Buy.

That was several months ago, so I can't be sure they are still
available. Perhaps a dealer can order them as service parts.

The USRobotics and Zoom modems work OK. As I recall, the USRobotics
modem requires a driver to be installed.

Fred
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