I am really loath to give up my serial ports. I only use external modems (ok, I like to see the little lights blinking, so what?)
Amen, brutha!
I've had the same external modem since the 16.8 days. Sure, it's been upgraded, but I'm not giving up my external modem until I give up dial-up (which will be precisely when Naperville allows Focal to build a few "ugly" buildings in town.) But then at that point, I'm not gonna be potentially paying per-minute charges to some phone company in K18stan a la the scam of a few years ago.