Cell Phone Modem

[Richard Villa]

Treat the phone like a Haze compatible modem.

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From: "Steve Holmes" <steve at holmesgrown.com>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 3:59 PM
Subject: Cell Phone Modem


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> I thought I'd mess around with connecting my laptop up to a cell phone
> to enable it onto the internet from time to time.  I know, the
> connections are slow and all that but thought it a neet way to drag
> the internet on the road with me.  The question here is, How do I go
> about making Linux recognize my phone? I have an LG VX4500 model with
> a USB cable with their mobile office kit; now that kit is obviously
> rigged for windows but understand connectivity to linux is quite
> possible and I recall Gene Collins doing this with his phone.
>
> So I'm wondering if and what modules I might need tohook up the phone
> probably to a USB connection.  Also, my machine doesn't have USB ports
> but I am looking for a PCMCIA USB adaptor I could hopefully use.
>
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