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.

John


 
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