30 Dec
2005
30 Dec
'05
4:30 p.m.
On Fri, 30 Dec 2005, Scott Stevens wrote:
I have pondered installing a rotary dial phone on our
line here
at home. I suspect, though, that it would REALLY mess up our DSL
connection.
Shouldn't. It'll probably eat all your REN though.
Speaking of homebrewed cellphones, the hardest part will be getting the
specs. Even with GSM, where the 3GPP has thankfully published everything
for free, reading and understanding all of that is a mamoth undertaking.
<cough>9.02</cough>
Then again, you'll need at least a base station, MSC and protocol analyzer
just to test the damned thing... <sigh> the barrier to entry into voice
telecom is still astronomic, and not likely to lower much if the current
players have any say in the process.
Alexey