Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Path: utzoo!henry
From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: Telecommunicating from the Boonies
Message-ID: <1988Sep7.200053.4983@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <249@drd.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 7 Sep 88 20:00:53 GMT

In article <249@drd.UUCP> mark@drd.UUCP (Mark Lawrence) writes:
>... he wants to
>telecommunicate using his modem and carphone much as if he were at his
>desk.  One problem -- this is in the boonies of western Canada and the
>carphone he has is a radio mobile phone, not the dial-type cellular
>phones we get spoiled with in metro areas...

Before worrying about the technical angle, check that it is (a) legal
and (b) consistent with the rules of the radio-mobile system to do this.
Particularly with such relatively old systems, it is not necessarily true
that you are renting a channel over which you can send anything you like.
For one thing, regulatory agencies can and do set restrictions on the
types of signal that can be sent in specific parts of the spectrum.
For another, there may be some requirement such as "operator must be
able to break in in the event of an emergency" which modems would
violate.  (If you look in the fine print on a piece of store-bought
phone equipment, one thing you'll find is a clause about consulting
the phone company before you plug into a party-line phone; ensuring
emergency access is one of the reasons.)
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