Advantages: Top speeds, ease of installation, excellent reliability
Disadvantages: Price

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Advantages: Fast, cheap and well built
Disadvantages: Poor technical support on Creative's webpage.

...Having stuck with my 33.6K modem for far too long, I decided it was time to take the plunge and buy me a decent external 56k one. After browsing through a number of e-tailers stocks of modems, I cam accross the Creative Modem Blaster 56K which was extremely well priced. For around £50, you get a well built, quick 56k modem that does everything the box says it should. Installation was a breeze, connect to your serial port, insert CD-ROM, done. Since then, I can honestly say I've not had one problem with it, connections are fast and reliable and that's as much as anyone can ask from a modem. The unit is also flash upgradeable, so once the new V.92 standard is agreed, upgrading and getting a further speed boost should be no problem. If I had to point out a failing, it would be Creative's support with regard to this product... Read review

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Advantages: Fast and reliable
Disadvantages: Lacking 25-pin serial connector

...This modem was the second I bought just after unmetered ISP's first went hot and I got my registration disk for ntlworld (sorry to anyone who hasnt got theirs yet). Until this time I refused to get an ISP from home because I knew that I would be on for an average of 12 hours a day and simply could not afford that. The first modem I bought was a cheap "hayes compatible" 56K flex external from the local shop which I had numerous problems with and took back 24 hours after purchase. At this point I actually decided to find out which modems were considered as good and discovered that Diamond have a very good reputation and are not that expensive. I nipped out again to a different retailer and bought the "Diamond SupraExpress 56e PRO". When I got it home I plugged it on the machine and it went off like a charm connected perfectly... Read review

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Advantages: Fast, Excellent service
Disadvantages: Activation time

..., altough it lets you connect to the internet and use your landline at the same time you would have to wait at least a week before you can start surfing the big three W's. Unlike other broadband supplier such as Tiscali and AOL this is subject to a 12 month contract and if you break that, its the end of your superfast 1Mb broadband connection to the internet. ***Prices*** The prices i have found are pretty cheap compared to 1.Tel and Tiscali. BT said that i would have to supply my own broadband modem or buy one off them as a normal 56k modem could not be used as that is dial-up. I brought my BT Voyager 105 ADSL modem from BT for only £25.00 and thats mine to keep whether or not they terminate my contract. The monthly charges are quite low as i only have to pay £27.99 for the month. ***Other packages for rental*** BT also offer the BT... Read review

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Advantages: Fast, reliable, easy to install
Disadvantages: USB only

...When my old 56k modem packed popped its clogs and went to modem heaven I thought to myself, I want a hassle free modem now. I can't be bothered taking my PC apart just to plug in a card that'll need setting up… So I brought this cool little USB modem. I relied on ELSA's good reputation and thought what the hell. I was not disappointed; ELSA lived up to their reputation with this piece of kit. All I had to do was switch on my PC and plug the modem into a spare USB slot. I installed the driver software and was on the net before I knew it. What a painless installation! Once I was surfing I was not disappointed at all. This modem is far quicker than my old 56k modem, no question about it. My old modem just seemed to lag and never really wake up and do its job. Well ok it was a WinModem that came with my PC, but even so it should have been... Read review

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Advantages: Easy to fit, good software package included, good brand
Disadvantages: only one line in - no audio sockets or line out

...From the well known Creative (SoundBlaster) stables comes this internal V90 PCI 56K modem. Complete with cable, drivers and some usefull software - Mediaring talk, Quicklink Message Centre and Bitware fax/communications. It only has a line-in socket on the back so you cannot 'daisy-chain' your telephone from this modem. I found the card easy to fit and configure and was up and running in less than 10 minutes - just fit the moden into your case and boot-up, Windows discovered it had new hardware installed and then asked for the location of the drivers, I pointed it at the correct directory on the CD drive and that was it! It connected first and every consequent time at a minimum of 48K and once at 50.3K Good product well worth considering for home use.... Read review

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Advantages: Its brilliant, reliable and fast
Disadvantages: a little expensive but worth it

...The 3COM 56k External Fax Modem I have been using for the past 2 or three years is great. When I got it the highest speed I could get was 33.6 (before X2 and 56Flex were ready) but the modem still outperformed my friends internal PCI and ISA modems. As soon as the X2 56K technology was available I flashed the modem and was soon surfing at 56k speeds. Again my modem outperformed the K56Flex internal modems my friends were using by a long way. When the V.90 56k standard was finally sorted out I upgraded and again saw an improvement in speed. Three years after buying the modem its still working well and a lot faster than any other I have tried. The ammount I payed was a bit high when I first bought it (£150) but the investment has been well worth it as I have had no trouble with the device on a variety of PCs and operating systems... Read review

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