--- John Stewart  wrote:

> 
> Ray Davison wrote:
> > John Stewart wrote:
> > 
> > 
> >>I'm also a little confused - "just as general as a land
line modem"
> is 
> >>hard for me to understand, since a land line modem would still
> require 
> >>something to connect to in order to be able to send traffic. You
> can 
> >>change ISPs on a land line modem, of course, but you can also (at
> least 
> >>some of the time, depending on the technology of the handset)
> change 
> >>wireless carriers...
> >>
> > 
> > With a land line, dial up modem I can use the PC as a simple phone 
> > dialer.  Or, I can dial into any ISP I create a relationship with; 
> > including free.  And, I was dialing into bulletin boards long
> before I 
> > ever heard of the WEB.
> > 
> > Ray
> 
> The Windows software might let you use it as a phone dialer - I don't
> 
> know. The difference between your land line modem and your WAN 
> capability on your cell phone is that the former uses the POTS, which
> is 
> a standard, where the latter can be one of several different
> networks, 
> as I was alluding to in my last message.
> 
> And your bulletin boards had a traditional POTS interface - I used
> them 
> too. Your data capability on the cell phone is all going to be
> TCP/IP, 
> almost guaranteed.

So what you are saying is that the phone should be treated more as a
serial nic and there may be a dhcp server on the phone network?

Franklin


		
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