Thompson Alcaltel SpeedTouch 330 ADSL USB Modem
Posted: Sat 20 Jan 2007, 13:02
I stuck this on Barry's Forum a week or more ago with very little interest. Maybe correspondents on this Forum would be able to comment or take a greater interest?
Two very recent events in the UK, and probably reflected elsewhere in Europe, possibly more widely, have conspired to force me to revise earlier views on USB ADSL modems and place a request with Barry and the developers.
In Q4, we saw a massive uptake of broadband, mainly due to more realistic pricing structures as the former monopolist's monopoly finally started to breakdown under increasing regulatory pressure. Along with this, ISPs seem to have universally accepted the Thompson Alcaltel SpeedTouch 330 as the 'free' modem supplied to new customers. It is almost impossible to refuse this device in exchange for a discount when supplying one's own 'proper' networking modem/router. Of course, most folks reading these Fora will likely junk these devices and fit their own (at extra cost). However, all is not lost. A visit to Thompson website is most instructive. They claim that their USB modem is not OS dependent (? -depends how you read their somewhat ambiguous text!). They even supply a Linux driver, and, although they clearly state that they do not support Linux, they give quite detailed advice (for those that can understand these things!) on using their modem.
In view of the foregoing, I would now strongly urge that a .pet be developed and included in future versions of Puppy.
http://www.speedtouchdsl.com/dvrdownload_lx.htm
http://steve-parker.org/speedtouchconf/
and this might be a good time to revisit, eg the contribution by Fuzz:
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... speedtouch
Two very recent events in the UK, and probably reflected elsewhere in Europe, possibly more widely, have conspired to force me to revise earlier views on USB ADSL modems and place a request with Barry and the developers.
In Q4, we saw a massive uptake of broadband, mainly due to more realistic pricing structures as the former monopolist's monopoly finally started to breakdown under increasing regulatory pressure. Along with this, ISPs seem to have universally accepted the Thompson Alcaltel SpeedTouch 330 as the 'free' modem supplied to new customers. It is almost impossible to refuse this device in exchange for a discount when supplying one's own 'proper' networking modem/router. Of course, most folks reading these Fora will likely junk these devices and fit their own (at extra cost). However, all is not lost. A visit to Thompson website is most instructive. They claim that their USB modem is not OS dependent (? -depends how you read their somewhat ambiguous text!). They even supply a Linux driver, and, although they clearly state that they do not support Linux, they give quite detailed advice (for those that can understand these things!) on using their modem.
In view of the foregoing, I would now strongly urge that a .pet be developed and included in future versions of Puppy.
http://www.speedtouchdsl.com/dvrdownload_lx.htm
http://steve-parker.org/speedtouchconf/
and this might be a good time to revisit, eg the contribution by Fuzz:
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... speedtouch