Cingular Go Phone: World Modem V92 Data/fax USB Portable Modem Review

This is the only portable usb modem I have found that supports class 2/2.0/2.1 faxing, (most modems only offer class 1, which means that more of the work needs to be done by software on the computer).
Thanks to the class 2/2.0 faxing, this modem works with the mgetty+sendfax tools on linux.
Most other modems out there don't support faxing on linux.

The only problem is that for kernels 2.6.33 and older, you need to patch and recompile your kernel, with a driver tarball provided on multitech's support website. Kernel 2.6.34 and later ones support this modem natively.

A driver for apple mac OS X is available as well.

Other things I liked about this modem is the informative LED lights, the hidden but audible speaker (didn't expect one on a small USB modem), and caller-id support.

Unfortunately, this modem is very expensive, but it comes with a 10 year warranty, which, along with the class 2 faxing, makes the price slightly easier to swallow.

NOTE: faxing didn't work for me until I used &C0 (DCD on) in the initialization strings. I got error +FHNG:-5 without it, even if I had "ignore-carrier yes" in the settings of the mgetty+sendfax software.

Here are my settings in mgetty.config for receiving faxes:
init-chat "" AT OK AT&F OK AT+PCW=2 OK AT+VCID=1 OK
answer-chat "" AT&C0A CONNECT \c \r

Here are my settings in sendfax.config, for sending faxes:
modem-handshake ATX3&C0

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WORLD MODEM V92 DATA/FAX USB

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