[ale] NewbieQs on 'tethered' net connections

[Richard at Bronosky.com (Richard Bronosky)]

1. Who is your phone provider?
2. Absolutely not. Voice traffic is compressed in such a way that you
would never want to try to use a modem over it.

On 4/20/09, Mills John M-NPHW64 <Jmills at motorola.com> wrote:
> ALErs -
>
> 1. Is there a HOWTO on this that can suggest specs and models of low-end
> phones for net access from my Linux laptop?
>
> 2. If my phone account doesn't provide a direct net connection of some kind,
> is it practical to telephone my ISP's dial-in modems and run that way?
>
> Some notes make it look just like setting up PPP through a modem and others
> seem more like a network link. I have a couple of half-*ssed ideas about
> what's going on, but nothing solid.
>
> Thanks.
>
>  - Mills
>

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