Re: using soundmodem with cell phone to host bbs
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[deleted] · 2019-10-24 01:00

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MrGrayPants · 2019-10-24 14:04

I'm not an expert on the topic, but I seem to recall that mobile
carriers do a lot of sampling and compression on voice channels in
order to save on bandwidth. Whatever scheme you went with would have
to be compatible with that, which probably means that it couldn't
support a high data rate.

Definitely a cool project idea, and it seems like it should be
possible.

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JokerCharlie · 2019-10-24 14:48

I tried to look into this and with the nature of cell phones and data
compression it isn't possible. You would have to use a service like
Vonage and even that's not perfect.

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konaya · 2019-10-24 19:33

I remember it being perfectly possible to do dial-up Internet over a
Nokia 8210 around 1999 or so. Does being the callee require a better
line for some reason?

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konaya · 2019-10-24 19:39

Some older 3G modems actually supported dial-up. Provided they support
incoming calls, it might perhaps be a more robust and compact solution
for you.