Mouse Nightshirt's Review of Alcatel SpeedTouch USB Wireless Modems and Routers Reviews
21st Jul 2004
Overall Rating
- Value for money
- Ease of Set Up
- Time Modem and Networking Equipment Owned6 - 12 Months
- Ease of Use
Very good, and reliable
Decent for average speed broadband access
Bad Points
Causes severe instability on AMD processor systems utilising less than USB 2.0
General Comments
The Alcatel Speed Touch USB modem came free with my ISP package, but is still reasonably cheap otherwise. An absolute breeze to install, and reliable with good support from the manufacturers.
However, on testing of various systems, this modem will cause regular freezing of many AMD processor systems if you are not using USB 2.0. So if you have an AMD system, with no USB 2.0 support, then either get a different modem or buy a USB 2.0 PCI card (not that expensive and useful anyway).
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Web Links
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GPL Speedtouch USB driver homepage
This site gives the status of a GPL driver project for the ADSL SpeedTouch USB modem originally manufactured by Alcatel (the Alcatel's modem branch is now part of Thomson Multimedia).
speedtouch.sourceforge.net -
http://www.speedtouchdsl.com/support.htm
www.speedtouchdsl.com -
SpeedTouchConf - Home
NOTE: This driver only supports the SpeedTouch USB / SpeedTouch 330 modems, not the 530 nor any other modems under the SpeedTouch brand. ... Alcatel SpeedTouch USB Modem - Linux Configuration : Home
steve-parker.org -
www.xsproject.org - Alcatel SpeedTouch USB driver for *BSD
This page is here to provide a driver and support for the Alcatel Speedtouch 330 USB under *BSD . This driver is in opensource except proprietary part downloaded from Thomson website.
www.xsproject.org -
Ameritech.net: Alcatel SpeedTouch USB Modem Driver for Windows XP >
Installation Instructions: Windows XP Alcatel SpeedTouch USB Modem Drivers ... Once you've downloaded the driver, plug in your Alcatel Speed Touch USB Modem. Windows Plug and Play will launch:
www.snet.net -
Alcatel Speedtouch Driver
If you are not using the CD Version Above the Latest Driver Release for the Alcatel Speed Touch USB Modem is Avaliable for download below.
home.clara.net -
Alcatel Speed Touch USB ADSL Annex A, B
Location: Home » Modem Mfcs » Alcatel » Speed Touch USB ADSL Annex A, B ... Alcatel SpeedTouch 240 picture
www.modem-help.co.uk -
Alcatel SpeedTouch 330 3.0.1.5 Driver for Windows 9X/ME/NT/2K/XP
NOTE: If you have problems downloading Alcatel SpeedTouch 330 3.0.1.5, please try to stop using your download manager and avoid right clicking on files.
drivers.softpedia.com -
Thomson - Broadband UK - Home
Internet Service Providers ... Thomson DSL products are available for direct consumer purchase online , are available through channel sales distribution partners and ... ; Note: For technical assistance,
www.thomson.net -
Details for Alcatel Speedtouch USB
Compatibility database » Hardware » Network » Alcatel Speedtouch USB ... Drivers available on the alcatel website if your distros don't recognised it stay away
www.linuxcompatible.org
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