I remember you calling into CHIMPY with that 2400 baud Amstrad thing, good times. But the Nokia 9210 is actually pretty cool, V.110 is like wireless ISDN plus if the other side has an analogue modem, the operator has a modem pool that converts the signal. Ideal for this use I think (next to zero operating costs, easy connection, flexible, can't get hit by lightning*) * Seriously, the place in Hila has taken a few harsh hits during storms, the electrical system was protected but the telephone wiring wasn't, high voltage jumps from PSTN to Skype base station to switch via ethernet, 1000+ euros damage. So we decided to take all the telephone wiring out and just use Skype. Nobody has noticed any difference. sampsa <sampsa at mac.com> mobile +358 40 7208932 On 8 Oct 2013, at 14:39, Mark Wickens <mark at wickensonline.co.uk> wrote: On 08/10/2013 13:35, Joe Ferraro wrote: Yeah, that's the way to go. I'm tempted to buy an ancient Nokia GSM phone, get a data number for it and a serial adapter, and plug it into my DS300..9600 bps dial up access, woo hoo! I kinda still enjoy dial up... are there any active modems on 'the net'? Sampsa, you and I tried this once, a long time back... not sure if we ever connected, but I didn't have POTS at the time... You can try SLAVE which is connected via a dial up. Not tried it in a while but it should still work OK. +44 15394 22404 Regards, Mark. -- http://www.wickensonline.co.uk http://hecnet.eu http://declegacy.org.uk http://retrochallenge.net https://twitter.com/#!/%40urbancamo