Dick Smith Electronics used to sell these Intel 536ep modems that came with GNU/Linux drivers; which are provided with source code drivers, however I am not sure if the drivers are licensed under a free software license. They sold for about $30 at the time.
My advice for the price would be to go onto Trademe and keep an eye out for external serial modems -- your chances of having issues are very slim and they almost always do not require kernel level drivers.
Sam
On 12/22/06, Ian McDonald <ian.mcdonald@jandi.co.nz> wrote:
On 12/22/06, Chris O'Halloran <cmoman@gmail.com> wrote:
> >From my cursory reading of the Linuxant site, they do provide a file
> similar to the Nvida drivers that allows a recompile following a
> kernal upgrade meaning you don't have a repurchase a license each
> time. Nevertheless a hassle though.
>
> Chris
>
The thing with a module like that is that you are dependent on them
building a new one when the kernel interface changes as it is prone to
do quite often. For example nvidia/ati cards often don't work on
bleeding edge distros initially until they catch up to the change.
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