Attention! Modems are mostly stupid thinkies which produce bad sounds and help you successfully drop dial-up or even leased-line connection. If you're not interested in this, skip this section.
Here are some modems names I have to say something about presented (in that
damned alphabetical order).
AT&T
Dynamode
GVC
Hayes
Hornet
IDC
Motorola
Prolink
Rockwell
US Robotics
Xircom
Zoltrix
ZyXEL