Am 2006-04-21 18:40:29, schrieb Hans du Plooy: > Another option is a GSM modem (assuming you're on a GSM network). It > sits on your serial port, like an ordinary modem, but does the > conversion to cellphone language.
Because you are talking abourt it.... I have a GSM-Modem (costs around 50 Euro) which suppoert HSCSD and GPRS and sit on the serial port it allows connections up to 56kBit. I was searching for EDGE/UMTS ones... ..but found only overpriced PCMCIA cards for 350-600 € plus the price for the PCMCIA/PCI adaptor. Do you know, whether Serialport EDGE/UMTS modems exist? I am customer from Philips Semiconductor and I have a full specification for a PCI-GSM-Modem (GPRS, EDGE, UMTS) but not the time and technical equipment to do it currently my own... Price for the micro chips and the production for the cards are around 80 Euro for a working PCI-GSM-Modem if I produce 100 pieces. So, the PCMCIA stuff IS OVERPRICED, because I am electronic engineer and know what I am talking about... Oh yes, I was already thinking about an Open-Hardware-Project like the Open-Source-Software... We can develop Hardware which works 100% with Linux and other OS whith out head-stands. Greetings Michelle Konzack -- Linux-User #280138 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org/ ##################### Debian GNU/Linux Consultant ##################### Michelle Konzack Apt. 917 ICQ #328449886 50, rue de Soultz MSM LinuxMichi 0033/3/88452356 67100 Strasbourg/France IRC #Debian (irc.icq.com) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]