Are there real USB or PCMCIA modems available

From: General Schvantzkoph (schvantzkoph_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 08/25/04

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    Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 08:09:05 -0400

    My new laptop has a winmodem and it's looking pretty hopeless about
    getting it to work. It also lacks a serial port so I can't use an old
    fashion external modem. Are there any real modems available on eitehr
    PCMCIA cards or as USB modems. I get the impression that most USB modems
    are also winmodems, are there any that are real modems?

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