Astrerisk question, anyone sell a cellphone that can be used to make calls?

[Tzafrir Cohen]

On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 07:34:07AM +0300, geoffrey mendelson wrote:
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> On Jun 11, 2012, at 2:50 AM, Guy Gold wrote:
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>>> If  you're on a GSM network, can you get a dual SIM ? And, buy a
>> cellar modem, and from that point use one of Asterisk's chan_
>> drivers ?

Why would you need a data link from them? You could use their data link,
but the jitter is not really optimal. I suppose your office already has
a decent ADSL or whatever data link. Why bother?

Their (both Golan and Hot) data plan has no good guarantees once you
pass the 3GB / month. I would not rely on them for anything serious.

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> Someone else also suggested it.
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> Thanks to both of you.
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> I have a problem with figuring out how to get a cellular modem that both 
> works and is unlocked for voice.

Huh? The modem Golan sent me worked just fine with my N900: voice calls,
SMS and data connections (also as a "modem").

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> Even in Israel, all of the modems sold are 2 or 3 generations ahead of  
> the software and google has not been helpful with information about  
> backwards compatibility.

I normally have had good luck with using them with relatively recent
kernels.

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