Zoom Model 3095 USB Modem - 56K V.92 Data + Fax

I just replaced my aged iMac G5 with a new iMac 21.5 running Lion. I did not realize at the time that Apple had dispensed with the internal modem so, with the new Mac, I now had no fax capability. As 'old school' as it seems, faxing is still useful and, in some cases, required or preferred for transmitting legal or other other sensitive documents. I do both. Therefore, I needed a solution. (Come on Apple!! What did omitting the internal modem save you - $0.10?!)After doing my research, I discovered the Zoom 3095. The reviews were, the price was a little expensive compared to the competition, good form factor - small and unobtrusive, and the specs indicated it would do all I needed it to do. A bonus turned out to be it's portability and functionality for both Apple and (ugh) PC products. So, I ordered it. Delivery was amazing! It arrived the next day! Let me type that again - THE NEXT DAY!Installation was a snap. Plug and play as advertised. Set up on the Mac, however, was 'different'. Since Apple omitted the modem in the iMAC, they also omitted any useful information on how to set up an external one. It was not intuitive! Searching the web led me to the instructions on how to set it up the most recent OS (Lion). Actually pretty simple which IS consistent for the way Apple does things.SInce installation and set up, it has worked flawlessly. I would recommend this product to any Mac user needing to add modem and/or fax functionality!When Apple drops the ball, it nice to know there are reliable add on devices like the Zoom 3095 to take up the slack. Great product!![...]

I am a MAC owner and have been using the Zoom 3095 dial up modem for 6 years.By far it is the best external USB dial up and fax modem I have ever had.It works not only on the latest i7 quad core macs, but also the old power pc macs and every mac in between.Over the years, I have used it with various Mac Power Pc and Intel Laptops running OS Tiger, OS Leopard, OS Snow Leopard, OS Lion and OS Mountain Lion. It is easy PLUG AND PLAY on all of them! I use it back and forth between my old 17" powerbook and my new 2011 Macbook Air without any problem. Each instantly recognizes it and is ready to go. I use it everyday to connect to the internet and some days to fax documents from MS Office 2008 with no problems.Plug it directly into the Mac and not into a usb hub so it can draw enough power.Most usb modems either support 32 bit OS like Tiger, Leopard and Snow Leopard or 64 bit like Lion and Mountain Lion, but the zoom 3095 is a better usb modem because it works great on both 23 bit and 64 bit Macs. Of course, it also works on windows and Linux, but I have not tried that because I only use Macs.

Tried this modem and a USR Modem ( US Robotics USB Dial-Up Softmodem (USR5639) ) on the same PC (USB 2.0) using the same phone line, dialing the same phone # (a 56k line). The USR Modem consistently connects at 44k, while this one always connects at 28.8k. Connected a phone to the line to listen for noise - there is no line noise. The only reason for keeping the Zoom, is that i cannot use my USR5639 on my laptop because it has no USB 2.0 ports, and the USR modem does not support USB 3.0 ports, whereas the Zoom does.

I bought this some time ago when I purchased a new Dell laptop. To my surprise I didn't know that internal modems were obsolete (but then when did they stop making drives for floppy diskettes? (lol). I'm no computer guru or anything like that, but knew that I would need dial up at times, and I sure did. Since I have poor cable service that gives out at least once a week for a few hours at a time, this product did the job.No hassle hooking up the thing to the laptop the first time and now when cable service dies, just quickly jump over to dial up with one of those pay as you go "roll over" companies. I don't know anything about faxing or what else it does, but if you need dial up and your computer isn't set up for it, get one. Cheap and works fine. No problems.

The product is fine and without any defect! It arrived on time and it is compatible with my system Mac OS X, so they say. However, this product is dependent on your ISP to make a connection and I could not have any tech support from my ISP to connect. My tech guy was over 4 hours on the phone trying to get the ISP to validate the connection without any success. They keep passing the ball to other people that did not know anything about it and passing the ball to other ones that knew even less about it and things just went around and around and around until my tech with all the patience in the World said: - "There is a limit for everything, I am giving it up!" Therefore we are warning you that the product is fine until you need to talk to your ISP to connect. Then your problems will start to grow. Maybe Zoom should design a product that does not depend on the ISP for a connection.

I had purchased this Zoom USB modem for use with my new 2011 13.3" Macbook pro as emergency backup for when my broadband internet is down. Install is as easy as plugging it in, going to network preferences, and entering your information. When I first set up the modem, I was getting extremely slow connection speeds, frequent disconnects, and was about to return the modem. Before doing this however, I decided to do a little research on the net. I discovered that other people were also having problems, due to the Apple magnetic power plug that is standard on this laptop. My solution was to use a 3 foot M/F usb extension cable that I had lying around to get the modem away from the power plug, and the modem now works like it should. I hope this helps someone else if they have this same problem.Update: To increase speed, select generic, then dialup device, under modem name in network preferences. I was still getting random disconnects when I selected Zoom as the modem type, which the manufacturer suggests in their instructions. Zoom needs to update their instructions to reflect this

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