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- From: Rigor@clever.net (Matt Fox)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Modem on pay phone?
- Date: 6 Jan 1996 14:56:31 GMT
- Organization: Best Internet Communications
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- References: <4cjikm$ekg@lastactionhero.rs.itd.umich.edu>
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- In article <4cjikm$ekg@lastactionhero.rs.itd.umich.edu>, del@umich.edu says...
- >
- >Has ayone here used a modem on a pay phone, the kind with a data jack?
- >Apparently the data jack goes active after you dial the number on the
- >phone and the other end picks up.
- >
- >How can I use this to establish a data connection? Most specifically
- >using CompuServe, but any advice would be helpful.
- >
- >--
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- i never used the data jack phones but id imagine you would just plug the
- modem in and type atx3d or atx0d sometime before the datajack turns on
- and hang up the phone . or does the data payphones silence the handset
- when the jack is enabled? hmmm
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