I have tried a similar device fom teleadapt for more money. It works fine on
phones in homes and pbx in hotels,but I have not tried it with public phones.
Let me know how it works with them.
George in the jungle
kdelwell wrote:
> I just happen to have a "used" (never used) Konexx coupler for sale. I'm
> asking $75 (new is $149), if you're interested. I have never even tested
> it out to see if it'd work. It was purchased for me and I've never found
> a use for it:
>
> "The Konexx Koupler straps onto the handset of any payphone or telephone,
> to provide analog data communications at up to 26 Kbps. Use this acoustic
> coupler to send or receive e-mail and faxes, access the Internet or
> connect to the home office from anywhere in the world. "
>
> A picture of what I'm selling is at:
>
> <http://hometown.aol.com/kdelwell/4Sale.001.JPG>
>
> Reference new units:
>
> <http://www.konexx.com/products/koupler/index.html>
>
> >Date: Sun, 19 Dec 1999 19:22:25 -0500 (EST)
> >From: Victor Rehorst <victor@gear.torque.net>
> >To: newtontalk@planetnewton.com
> >Subject: Re: NTLK cellphone adapter cable
> >Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.04.9912191917130.23457-100000@gear.torque.net>
> >
> >On Sun, 19 Dec 1999 CElhardt@aol.com wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >> those digital PBX things, and I don't want to risk burning out my modem
> >> on it.
> >> Does anybody know if it's possible to plug the modem into the handset
> > >cable RJ(bunchOfNumbers) instead of the RJ45 from the phone system? I
> > >know the handset connector is a little bit slimmer than an RJ45.
> >
> >The handset connector is probably an RJ12. You'll have a hard time
> >finding an RJ11(standard phone)->RJ12 cable.
> >
> >I would suggest looking into one of Konexx's connectivity products. They
> >make all kinds of converters to allow analog phone devices to use digital
> >lines. (I've never used any of their products, I've just read about them
> >and they seem pretty neat)
> >
> >http://www.konexx.com
>
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