On Thu, 5 Oct 2023 07:18:54 -0700
stan via users <users@lists.fedoraproject.org> wrote:

> When I searched for this, I came up empty.  I was thinking that there
> would be a USB plugin device or a pcie card that allowed a desktop to
> communicate with a cellular network.  Put a sim in it, and bingo, can
> call using the desktop instead of the smartphone.  I think it would be
> useful for troubleshooting things like having trouble with a website
> over the phone with support.  Could do both on the desktop instead of
> having a phone and desktop, and switching.  Maybe it is so niche, or
> has such a small market, it just doesn't exist.

So, this link is old but promising.  The OP wanted to do exactly what
I want to do.  It sounds like it wasn't easy to do at that time, though
there were solutions.  I really don't want to use Google voice if I can
help it. Or bluetooth, though that is local, so more acceptable.  I am
concerned about the mention of security holes for bluetooth.

https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/39886/answer-phone-calls-directly-from-computer-linux

There is something to do this in windows.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/make-and-receive-phone-calls-from-your-pc-21564230-abf6-f2bb-c7b7-1b15570662f5
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/introducing-microsoft-phone-link-and-link-to-windows-2e4bb4c0-f99a-4464-92a8-5264c7c39734

What I think I can glean from these pages, is that it requires software
on both the phone and the pc.
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