Subj : Re: FidoGazette Vol 13 ne
To   : Simon Geddes
From : Andrei Rachita
Date : Fri Sep 20 2019 10:25:09

Hi Simon,

You would need a VoIP provider that offers G711a as a codec. Modems don't seem 
to work with G729, or at least for me it didn't.
You will also need an analogue telephone adaptor or ATA that will convert VoIP 
to analogue, so that the modem can talk over VoIP.
I personally recommend AudioCodes MP series like the MP114.
As a modem I use a courrier 56K V.Everything, serial and managed to get 33600 
bps connections to some BBSes.

If you need more info, feel free to ping me.

Andrei


 SG> At 3:37 PM on 15 Sep 19, Andrei Rachita said to Simon Geddes:

 AR>> I always liked dial-up BBSes.
 AR>> I think that besudes the fact some people don't know how to use a modem
 AR>> anymore, there are also 2 small problems:
 AR>> - Dial-up over VoIP lines can be a little tricky
 AR>> - most modern machines don't have serial ports anymore, and the best
 AR>> modems out there are still serial devices...

 AR>> Just my thoughts...

 SG> I had wondered about VoIP as a solution to diminishing landlines - didn't
 SG> know data signals over VoIP are problematic.

 SG> I've faced the serial issue on my Apple laptop, but overcame it by buying
 SG> a fairly cheap USB to serial adaptor. This works well, giving me a serial
 SG> device I can point my term software too.

 SG> The biggest issue I have faced is just getting old terminal software
 SG> running on a more moderm OS (MorphOS). Everything seems to half-work. Not
 SG> like first time around in the mid-ninties, where the process seemed to be
 SG> very plain sailing. I've definitely wanted to give up a few times! 

 SG>  * Q-Blue 2.4 *

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