Thanks everybody for the replies and your time, I keep you all responsible,
as I've just ordered a NTL cable connection and waiting for the NTL staff to tell me the day the engineer is coming ...
slowcoach, I managed to make my ASDL Alcatel/Tompson 330 USB modem to run on SUSE, but it was really a pain to do, had to copy some files from windows. Can't wait to see the moment when I can just hook a cable modem to it!
Thanks