On Wed, 2007-09-12 at 22:36 +0100, Adam Conway wrote: > Hi, > > I'm involved with organising an event at the end of the month. I need > to find a way to get a list of names from an office (an hour outside > Glasgow) to a hall (in Glasgow). We'll need to do this maybe up to > about six times, all on the one day. > > We haven't done this for a couple of years. We used to just fax the > list to the wardens office in Glasgow, but we're using a different venue > this year and that may not be an option. > > I don't have a large budget, but could spend a small amount. What I'd > hoped was that I'd be able to get a pcmcia card which I could put my sim > card in and make an old-fashioned, dial-up connection. (I'd set up a > special email account for this purpose so I'd only be downloading what I > need so connection speed really isn't an issue but I need to avoid > getting in to any sort of ongoing contract!) > > My problem is that no-one seems interested anymore unless it's broadband! > > Also, I'd like to be able to do it all from Linux! (I do have an unused > XP boot option on my laptop if I have to, but I'd like to stick with my > nice Slackware system.) So, does anyone have any pointers? Has anyone > ever got a pcmcia mobile phone based modem working on Linux? (Does > anyone have an old one they've since upgraded to broadband which they'd > be prepared to sell on? Long shot I know, but if you don't ask...)
As long as you have a data enabled SIM and some kind of phone with a suitable interface, you can just use 'dial up' over the phone to connect then you're running TCP/IP so can use whatever software you like. I personally use a nokia ngage (company phone, not my choice) and a bluetooth link on my laptop when I'm out of the office and need connectivity urgently. It's not fast, but it works fine. -- Miah Gregory _______________________________________________ Scottish mailing list [email protected] https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
