[cctalk] Re: Cell phone as a dial up modem.

2022-08-13 Thread Grant Taylor via cctalk
On 8/13/22 12:52 AM, ben via cctalk wrote: Would a serial to Wi-Fi converter work in your case as well? No it would not. I'm explicitly wanting to support things that are used over modems. -- Grant. . . . unix || die

[cctalk] Re: Cell phone as a dial up modem.

2022-08-13 Thread ben via cctalk
Would a serial to Wi-Fi converter work in your case as well? Ben.

[cctalk] Re: Cell phone as a dial up modem.

2022-08-12 Thread Grant Taylor via cctalk
On 8/11/22 11:39 PM, John Ball via cctalk wrote: I've done this several different ways in the past, depending on your take of "Cell phone". Well, I believe that everything you've mentioned is somewhere in the scope of a "cell phone". Maybe barely, but close counts in this context. For the p

[cctalk] Re: Cell phone as a dial up modem.

2022-08-12 Thread John Ball via cctalk
I've done this several different ways in the past, depending on your take of "Cell phone". For the phone that is probably in your pocket right now I've used one of those bluetooth bridges that looks like a bluetooth handsfree device to the phone but on your side you get a 48/90v POTS RJ11 for a re

[cctalk] Re: Cell phone as a dial up modem.

2022-08-12 Thread jim stephens via cctalk
On 8/11/2022 5:33 PM, Grant Taylor via cctalk wrote: On 8/11/22 2:07 AM, jim stephens via cctalk wrote: I have used such as US Robotics with a vonage voip account pad. Sends and receives faxes quite well, as well. ACK not sure what you are after then.  I haven't seen a way to hook up to it

[cctalk] Re: Cell phone as a dial up modem.

2022-08-11 Thread Grant Taylor via cctalk
On 8/11/22 2:07 AM, jim stephens via cctalk wrote: I have used such as US Robotics with a vonage voip account pad. Sends and receives faxes quite well, as well. ACK The cell phone perhaps could provide a connection.  A friend used the cell via Wifi tethering to a PC.  Then set up a route comm

[cctalk] Re: Cell phone as a dial up modem.

2022-08-11 Thread Peter Corlett via cctalk
On Wed, Aug 10, 2022 at 11:53:34PM -0600, Grant Taylor via cctalk wrote: > Does anyone know if it's possible, or -- better -- have experience using a > cell phone as a dial up modem? I did it routinely in the late 1990s and early 2000s. I stopped once I got a GPRS-capable handset, since that was m

[cctalk] Re: Cell phone as a dial up modem.

2022-08-11 Thread jim stephens via cctalk
On 8/10/2022 10:53 PM, Grant Taylor via cctalk wrote: Does anyone know if it's possible, or -- better -- have experience using a cell phone as a dial up modem? I'm wondering about doing something as an alternative to a traditional POTS modem connected to a VoIP ATA.  I'd think that treating