Hi Ian, Interesting facts. Here in BogotÃ, Colombia, there is a different phone charge for a minute on internet than a voice minute (much, much lower), so modems are still widely used. I agree that another limitation for wider linux adoption is lack of knowledge, coupled with lazyness to learn a different system.
Cheers, Andres On Mon, 2005-04-18 at 12:45, Ian Howard wrote: > Andres, and all, > > A very interesting idea, though here in West Africa, the main limitation > in Linux adoption is not a lack of modem support, it is more to do with > a lack of knowledge about Linux and open source, and too many aid and > commercial organizations only touting or buying proprietary product. > Here there are very few computers at home and even fewer people who can > afford the incredibly expensive phone costs, that is the main reason > that few modems are used here. Those who can, can afford hardware modems > that supports Linux, as the monthly phone bill will well exceed. I was > at an internet cafe recently, who had to shut-down because in one month > their phone bill was over $350, twice their revenue. So, I think that > though this is a solid idea, and that it might have application in some > developing countries, here in West Africa modems and phone lines are the > last choice due to their expense. > > Ian > > > > On Mon, 2005-04-18 at 12:09 -0400, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Send linux-audio-dev mailing list submissions to > > [email protected] > > > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > http://music.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-dev > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > You can reach the person managing the list at > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > > than "Re: Contents of linux-audio-dev digest..." > > > > > > Today's Topics: > > > > 1. Re: crazy idea... (Andres Cabrera) > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 11:14:30 -0500 > > From: Andres Cabrera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] crazy idea... > > To: "The Linux Audio Developers' Mailing List" > > <[email protected]> > > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > > > Hi, > > > > It would be fantastic if that crazy idea could be done! In my opinion a > > big limitation for greater adoption of linux on third world countries > > like Colombia where a broadband connection is still a luxury, is the > > limited modem support. > > I recently tried to find linux compatible modems and it was impossible > > (or too expensive -around US$50) in the local market, so I had to ask my > > brother (who lives in the US) to get me one from ebay which can cost > > around US$15 incl. shipping. > > > > Cheers, > > Andrs > > > > > > On Sat, 2005-04-16 at 02:04, Peter Zubaj wrote: > > > slmodem is for SmartLink modems (it has this in licence) and it contans > > > binary part - it can not run on PPC or other processors. > > > I've seen somewhere project to write software modem, but it was not > > > finished and abandoned. > > > > > > Peter Zubaj > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > > >On Thu, Apr 14, 2005 at 03:27:02PM -0700, Stephen Hassard wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > >>Hey Lee, > > > >> > > > >>I was thinking about this a little bit and it's probably easier than it > > > >>sounds. > > > >> > > > >>I thought that Alsa already supported MC97 based AMR modems? It looks > > > >>like it does with the SND_INTEL8X0M module .. > > > >> > > > >>Also, you wouldn't have to worry about injecting stuff into the > > > >>networking layer since modems are just character devices in linux. > > > >> > > > >>The only real part would be the DSP stuff. Their might be some other > > > >>projects to do this kind of stuff already .. > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > > > >the slmodemd is already a user space app. > > > >and it has an alsa mode already. though it did not work when i tested > > > >it. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >>later, > > > >>Steve > > > >> > > > >>Lee Revell wrote: > > > >> > > > >> > > > >>>I had the idea the other day that you could theoretically implement a > > > >>>Winmodem driver as a JACK client. All you would need is an ALSA driver > > > >>>that exposes the hardware part of the modem as a sound card, a > > > >>>mechanism > > > >>>to inject the resulting bits back into the kernel networking layer, and > > > >>>the DSP knowledge to implement a software modem... > > > >>> > > > >>>This is almost completely pointless, but might be an interesting CS > > > >>>project. > > > >>> > > > >>>Lee > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > linux-audio-dev mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://music.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-dev > > > > > > End of linux-audio-dev Digest, Vol 19, Issue 33 > > ***********************************************
