Quick question: are most 56KB dial-up modems supported via USB ... ?

I need to use my iMac occasionally for sending and receiving faxes ...
Of course I have an option to buy an external Apple USB 56KB modem, but just wondering if I can use other conventional USB dial-up modems if it has an appropriate Mac OS X driver/software ... ?
This seems to be a much less expensive option as well, considering I'll only use it once or twice a month ...
Any brands that are known to work better with OS X.4 on an Intel iMac ...?
Macfinger

You can Google for USB Modems to find what's available, but frankly Apple's is as competitively priced as anything and has the advantage of being small. Others are much larger and mostly cost the same or more.

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