Re: Anyone know of any cards or accessories that allow a desktop to make calls on a cellular network?

2023-10-09 Thread Jeffrey Walton
On Sun, Oct 8, 2023 at 9:37 AM George N. White III wrote: > > When I retired and moved to a different town I had to get a new landline > number. It gets a constant stream of debt collector calls, so clearly the > previous person assigned the number was a deadbeat.. Nah, the previous person was

Re: Anyone know of any cards or accessories that allow a desktop to make calls on a cellular network?

2023-10-08 Thread Tim via users
On Sun, 2023-10-08 at 10:35 -0300, George N. White III wrote: > When I retired and moved to a different town I had to get a new landline > number. It gets a constant stream of debt collector calls, so clearly the > previous person assigned the number was a deadbeat.. Here, they were finally

Re: Anyone know of any cards or accessories that allow a desktop to make calls on a cellular network?

2023-10-08 Thread George N. White III
On Thu, Oct 5, 2023 at 11:45 PM Tim via users wrote: > Tim: > > >> Thankfully, here, we've finally got to the stage where mobile phones > >> don't cost you an arm and a leg to speak to someone in call and > >> monthly charges. It's put landlines and payphones to death, now it's > >> virtually

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2023-10-07 Thread stan via users
On Sat, 7 Oct 2023 07:17:00 -0700 stan via users wrote: > desktop. You can use man scrcpy to find the commands, and keyboard > shortcuts, when using scrcpy on your phone. In the man pages for scrcpy, the key is the key. ___ users mailing list --

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2023-10-07 Thread stan via users
On Thu, 5 Oct 2023 12:34:36 -0700 stan wrote: > Inspired by the responses here that allowed me to understand what I > was searching for, I eventually found a program called scrcpy. > > https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy/ Here are the instructions that I used to get scrcpy working for me. I

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2023-10-06 Thread stan via users
On Thu, 5 Oct 2023 14:35:42 -0700 Samuel Sieb wrote: > On 2023-10-05 12:34, stan via users wrote: > > Inspired by the responses here that allowed me to understand what I > > was searching for, I eventually found a program called scrcpy. > > > > https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy/ > > > > It

Re: Anyone know of any cards or accessories that allow a desktop to make calls on a cellular network?

2023-10-06 Thread stan via users
On Fri, 06 Oct 2023 13:14:50 +1030 Tim wrote: Thanks for the explanations, Tim. ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct:

Re: Anyone know of any cards or accessories that allow a desktop to make calls on a cellular network?

2023-10-05 Thread Tim via users
On Thu, 2023-10-05 at 10:07 -0700, stan via users wrote: > What I think I can glean from these pages, is that it requires software > on both the phone and the pc. Oh, and the other thing... If you want to receive calls, your system has to be always running. This is where standalone devices have

Re: Anyone know of any cards or accessories that allow a desktop to make calls on a cellular network?

2023-10-05 Thread Tim via users
On Thu, 2023-10-05 at 10:07 -0700, stan via users wrote: > What I think I can glean from these pages, is that it requires software > on both the phone and the pc. I can well imagine trying to link a computer to a phone will end up with lots of "I can't hear you, can you hear me?" phone calls.

Re: Anyone know of any cards or accessories that allow a desktop to make calls on a cellular network?

2023-10-05 Thread Tim via users
Tim: >> A 4G/5G usb-stick is essentially a mobile phone modem in the USB >> stick. So, similar to connecting your computer to your phone and >> using your phone as a modem. stan > Is that what is called 'tethering'? Tethering refers to networking through your phone, essentially your phone is a

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2023-10-05 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 2023-10-05 12:34, stan via users wrote: On Thu, 5 Oct 2023 07:18:54 -0700 stan via users wrote: When I searched for this, I came up empty. I was thinking that there would be a USB plugin device or a pcie card that allowed a desktop to communicate with a cellular network. Put a sim in it,

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2023-10-05 Thread stan via users
On Thu, 5 Oct 2023 07:18:54 -0700 stan via users wrote: > When I searched for this, I came up empty. I was thinking that there > would be a USB plugin device or a pcie card that allowed a desktop to > communicate with a cellular network. Put a sim in it, and bingo, can > call using the desktop

Re: Anyone know of any cards or accessories that allow a desktop to make calls on a cellular network?

2023-10-05 Thread stan via users
On Thu, 5 Oct 2023 07:18:54 -0700 stan via users wrote: > When I searched for this, I came up empty. I was thinking that there > would be a USB plugin device or a pcie card that allowed a desktop to > communicate with a cellular network. Put a sim in it, and bingo, can > call using the desktop

Re: Anyone know of any cards or accessories that allow a desktop to make calls on a cellular network?

2023-10-05 Thread stan via users
On Thu, 5 Oct 2023 07:18:54 -0700 stan via users wrote: > When I searched for this, I came up empty. I was thinking that there > would be a USB plugin device or a pcie card that allowed a desktop to > communicate with a cellular network. Put a sim in it, and bingo, can > call using the desktop

Re: Anyone know of any cards or accessories that allow a desktop to make calls on a cellular network?

2023-10-05 Thread stan via users
On Fri, 06 Oct 2023 02:07:54 +1030 Tim via users wrote: > On Thu, 2023-10-05 at 08:07 -0700, stan via users wrote: > > OK, I saw mention of asterisk in the results I found, but I have no > > idea what a 4G or 5G usb-stick is.  Is that something like what > > Javier mentioned, an addon that

Re: Anyone know of any cards or accessories that allow a desktop to make calls on a cellular network?

2023-10-05 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Fri, 2023-10-06 at 02:07 +1030, Tim via users wrote: > If you just want to call particular friends, and didn't actually have > to be a phone call, Skype and Zoom are options (they only call other > Skype or Zoom accounts, as far as I know, Skype may have had a pay > for > real phone calls

Re: Anyone know of any cards or accessories that allow a desktop to make calls on a cellular network?

2023-10-05 Thread Tim via users
On Thu, 2023-10-05 at 08:07 -0700, stan via users wrote: > OK, I saw mention of asterisk in the results I found, but I have no > idea what a 4G or 5G usb-stick is.  Is that something like what Javier > mentioned, an addon that creates a local hotspot?  I can already access > the web from my phone

Re: Anyone know of any cards or accessories that allow a desktop to make calls on a cellular network?

2023-10-05 Thread stan via users
On Thu, 5 Oct 2023 14:30:52 + wrote: > It is defitely more "than just plu-in a card" > But deploying Asterisk, with a 4G or 5G usb-stick would do the trick. OK, I saw mention of asterisk in the results I found, but I have no idea what a 4G or 5G usb-stick is. Is that something like

RE: Anyone know of any cards or accessories that allow a desktop to make calls on a cellular network?

2023-10-05 Thread J.Witvliet--- via users
See below -Original Message- From: stan via users Sent: Thursday, October 5, 2023 4:19 PM To: users@lists.fedoraproject.org Cc: stan Subject: Anyone know of any cards or accessories that allow a desktop to make calls on a cellular network? When I searched for this, I came up empty. I

Re: Anyone know of any cards or accessories that allow a desktop to make calls on a cellular network?

2023-10-05 Thread Javier Perez
Like this? https://www.amazon.com/Eboxer-Portable-Computer-Wireless-Receiver/dp/B07L5QMPJW/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?crid=1VSGW5NK6KRT7=4g+modem+card+for+pc=1696516076=4g+modem+card+for+pc%2Caps%2C209=8-3 On Thu, Oct 5, 2023, 09:19 stan via users wrote: > When I searched for this, I came up empty. I was

Anyone know of any cards or accessories that allow a desktop to make calls on a cellular network?

2023-10-05 Thread stan via users
When I searched for this, I came up empty. I was thinking that there would be a USB plugin device or a pcie card that allowed a desktop to communicate with a cellular network. Put a sim in it, and bingo, can call using the desktop instead of the smartphone. I think it would be useful for