Re: [NTLK] Cellular modem and phone-to-modem questions

From: L.W. Brown <lwb_at_mac.com>
Date: Tue Jun 02 2009 - 17:39:32 EDT

If I recall correctly, analog cellular service in the US was turned
off a year or two ago, as it used up too much bandwidth...

On 2. Jun., 2009, at 01:35 AM, Scott Hoffman wrote:

> I didn't even consider the differences between the
> older analog and digital phones...
>
> On May 31, 2009, at 9:21 PM, Ed Kummel wrote:
>
>> All the methods I used to connect a Newton to the cellular system
>> involved analog cellphones...Motorola Flip, Oki 900, NEC 300 analog
>> cellphones. And to make matters worse, even if you were to find one
>> of these phones, there is a very good possibility that your local
>> cellular carrier will not activate the phone. They may even not
>> have analog service at all!

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