Apple modem with Lion

In Lion, if I attempt to connect the Apple modem I bought with this computer (an iMac purchased in 2007, though About This Mac suggests the general style is "5.1 late 2006") I am faced with the message "Unsupported: You cannot use an Apple USB modem with this computer".  For the present, as I still have a Snow Leopard disk and I rarely use the modem apart from sending the very occasional fax, there is no problem. Even so, my next house move will be in a few months, and I know that one tends to spend about a month on dial-up until broadband is released and assigned.
    My questions are: (1) Do I need to buy a third-party modem? (2) Is it likely to work?
    Many thanks in advance for any suggestions.

John Whittaker wrote:
(1) Do I need to buy a third-party modem?
Yes.
(2) Is it likely to work?
If the maker says it's compatible with Lion, probably.

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