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yeti wrote:

> Stefan Claas <pollux@tilde.club> writes:
> 
> > Well, I ordered a USR 56K Fax modem about two years ago and have not
> > used it yet. Maybe we can cook up something cool with them ...
> 
> I've no fast and simple idea what to try first and I'm not in the mood
> for security nightmare.  Something based on allowing a login, maybe
> with a BBS like thing instead of a shell, would be the easiest thing
> to try.

Me neither. I will google a bit about this topic and should I come up
with something, I will let you know.

> Here I can restrict the modem port to dial-in only on the phone router
> side and use a different port for dial-out via a 2nd modem connected
> to other systems.  Having the world conditioned to only call me via
> mobile, there would be no conflict with the telephone.

I could use my second telephone (Fax) number, to not interfere with
my regular phone number. This would mean the that a terminal emulator
for BBS login could be used, I guess.

> > Flat-rates are a good argument to explore what can be done with
> > modems nowadays. The initial goal was to use my little GPD MicroPC
> > with the Faxmodem, when traveling, but I figured out also that a
> > Surf-Stick for (encrypted) SMS (sending/receiving) is pretty cool,
> > with modem-manager-gui, under Linux.
> 
> I've two UMTS modems in the form of an USB stick and as a PCMCIA card
> and currently no ideas for them.  If the other modem ideas turn out to
> be nice, adding dial-in via 2G or better may be cheap.  Or would data
> volume count for the called side of a connection too?

Good question! And if, I guess, once the volume is used, slower
transfer rates will apply.

-- 
Regards
Stefan 

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  Re: smolnet (was: Small web protocols / alternative protocols) Stefan Claas <pollux@tilde.club> - 2024-04-02 16:04 +0200
    Re: smolnet yeti <yeti@tilde.institute> - 2024-04-02 15:48 +0042
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