Subj : GSM Data Modems
To   : Kurt Weiske
From : Russell Tiedt
Date : Wed Feb 16 2011 01:20 am

Hello Kurt.

14 Feb 11 14:19, you wrote to me:


 KW> I don't have any information for you, but I'd love it if you kept us
 KW> all abreast of what you find out. With the stories coming out of Egypt
 KW> that Fidonet technology was being used to keep people informed when
 KW> the internet went dark, any information regarding getting Fidonet to
 KW> work independent of internet and POTS could be important - and might
 KW> make for a fun project at the very least!

I am not convident, that BinkleyTerm can be used to make FTN mail/file 
exchanges possible over GSM modems, but it should be reasonably easy, using 
BinkD, all you would need to do, is sort out a means of exchanging IP 
address'es which would change each time you connect, unless you have a 
"secure" base station to operate from ... , and can leave your system on all 
the time ...

BinkleyTerm I suspect is going to be problematic for the simple reason, that 
GSM Cellular providers no longer provide a digital/analogue interface for the 
use of analogue data modems ... , at least in this part of the world ...

Have just gotten 2x SIM cards, from different providers, with what I hope are 
fully unrestricted APN's ... , which should allow me to run BinkD Servers on 
the systems which have those SIM's in a GSM data modem, attached to them.

Now need to finish building the test systems ... , and see how things go ... 
:)


Russell

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