[comp.dcom.telecom] Modem For a Cellphone

Ted Ede <ted@mbunix.mitre.org> (08/17/90)

>[Moderator's Note: If in fact such numbers are actually in service,
>then yes, they would be slower. But we were trying to deal only with
>actual, in-service numbers.   PAT]

How about "0", it's always in service, and fast to dial.  411 works in
many areas, it may be faster than 0, depending on your fingers.  (Mine
left pinky really hurts when I have to crank that darned dial all the
way around to 0, so I need to pause a couple of seconds before I can
regain the strength to release the dial.)  Can we drop this topic now?

Does anyone know of any gadgets for a Novatel phone that would allow
me to plug a standard jack into it and use a portable terminal?

For those of you that have a Novatel phone, it's pretty easy to
program.  Just lock the phone with the fcn-lock command, and unlock it
with #259.  Hitting the volume button steps through the options, the
SND (spend) key toggles any binary (SET/CLR) options and the END key
saves options and reboots the phone.


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