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[Chris Osborn]

On Feb 9, 2015, at 11:17 AM, Geoff Oltmans <oltmansg at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Feb 8, 2015, at 7:28 PM, Chris Osborn <fozztexx at fozztexx.com> wrote:
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>> I have a standing challenge on the RetroBattlestations community (retrobattlestations.com) that if someone can demonstrate getting a modem to work through a cell phone I’ll send them an entire set of retro stickers. http://imgur.com/a/iAS5T
> 
> Some cell phones will actually present to the computer when connected USB as a dial up modem. In the past I was able to connect at 14.4kbps with one.  It has been a while though. 

Yes, I used to do that with my StarTac. The cell phone would respond to ATA commands and then use a modem at the telephone company to do the dialing. But using a cell phone *as* a modem doesn’t count towards the challenge of using a modem *through* a cell phone. ;-)

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