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  • Re: GSM Data Modems

    From Kurt Weiske@1:218/700 to Russell Tiedt on Monday, February 14, 2011 14:19:10

    "Russell Tiedt" <russell.tiedt@5:7105/1> wrote in message news:4D25F7C5.5.binkley@realitycheckbbs.org...
    Hello everybody.

    Any body running BinkleyTerm with a GSM Data Modem. Any problems, or
    things
    that need to be changed ... ?

    I don't have any information for you, but I'd love it if you kept us all abreast of what you find out. With the stories coming out of Egypt that Fidonet technology was being used to keep people informed when the internet went dark, any information regarding getting Fidonet to work independent of internet and POTS could be important - and might make for a fun project at
    the very least!


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  • From Dallas Hinton@1:153/715 to Kurt Weiske on Monday, February 14, 2011 16:04:29
    Hi Kurt -- on Feb 14 2011 at 14:19, you wrote:

    Egypt that Fidonet technology was being used to keep people
    informed when the internet went dark, any information regarding
    getting Fidonet to work independent of internet and POTS could be important - and might make for a fun project at the very least!

    One of the important things that needs to be done is to keep using dialup BBSs.
    From time to time I look at my BBS stats and wonder why I still keep 2 dial up nodes online when only the 2 telnet nodes get traffic -- then I remember why. :-)

    Use us or lose us, people--we're still here but need encouragement! :-)


    Cheers... Dallas
    Dialup since 1988!

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  • From Sean Dennis@1:18/200 to Dallas Hinton on Monday, February 14, 2011 22:12:09
    Hello, Dallas.

    Monday February 14 2011 at 16:04, you wrote to Kurt Weiske:

    Use us or lose us, people--we're still here but need encouragement!
    :-)

    I still get a few callers now and again on my dialup line; enough for me to set
    aside my voice line as my full-time BBS line as I have a cell phone for family and friends to contact me on. I've not done it yet but I will soon.

    Later,
    Sean

    ... Documentation - The worst part of programming.
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  • From Russell Tiedt@5:7105/1 to Kurt Weiske on Wednesday, February 16, 2011 01:20:56
    Hello Kurt.

    14 Feb 11 14:19, you wrote to me:


    I don't have any information for you, but I'd love it if you kept us
    all abreast of what you find out. With the stories coming out of Egypt that Fidonet technology was being used to keep people informed when
    the internet went dark, any information regarding getting Fidonet to
    work independent of internet and POTS could be important - and might
    make for a fun project at the very least!

    I am not convident, that BinkleyTerm can be used to make FTN mail/file exchanges possible over GSM modems, but it should be reasonably easy, using BinkD, all you would need to do, is sort out a means of exchanging IP address'es which would change each time you connect, unless you have a "secure" base station to operate from ... , and can leave your system on all the time ...

    BinkleyTerm I suspect is going to be problematic for the simple reason, that GSM Cellular providers no longer provide a digital/analogue interface for the use of analogue data modems ... , at least in this part of the world ...

    Have just gotten 2x SIM cards, from different providers, with what I hope are fully unrestricted APN's ... , which should allow me to run BinkD Servers on the systems which have those SIM's in a GSM data modem, attached to them.

    Now need to finish building the test systems ... , and see how things go ... :)


    Russell

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  • From Kurt Weiske@1:218/700 to Dallas Hinton on Tuesday, February 15, 2011 10:05:00
    Dallas Hinton wrote to Kurt Weiske <=-

    One of the important things that needs to be done is to keep using
    dialup BBSs. From time to time I look at my BBS stats and wonder why I still keep 2 dial up nodes online when only the 2 telnet nodes get
    traffic -- then I remember why. :-)

    Use us or lose us, people--we're still here but need encouragement! :-)

    Point taken! I run a dial-up BBS; as part of my Comcast bundle I have a land-line that barely gets used except for overseas calls. It's got
    unlimited nationwide and local calling.

    I unearthed a stack of unused modems when I cleaned out my storage room at
    work and found a beautiful USR Sportster V.Everything still shrink-wrapped.
    I'm going to be calling BBSes again. :)

    --kW


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  • From Dallas Hinton@1:153/715 to Kurt Weiske on Wednesday, February 16, 2011 00:59:09
    Hi Kurt -- on Feb 15 2011 at 10:05, you wrote:

    I unearthed a stack of unused modems when I cleaned out my storage
    room at work and found a beautiful USR Sportster V.Everything still shrink-wrapped. I'm going to be calling BBSes again. :)

    Excellent -- I'm running USR Courier V.Everythings - should connect perfectly with you. Let me know if you get here and I'll upgrade your status!


    Cheers... Dallas

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  • From Russell Tiedt@5:7105/1 to All on Thursday, January 06, 2011 10:34:59
    Hello everybody.

    Any body running BinkleyTerm with a GSM Data Modem. Any problems, or things that need to be changed ... ?

    Russell

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