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In article <EJH.95Sep14120502@larry.gsfc.nasa.gov> ejh@larry.gsfc.nasa.gov (Edward Hartnett) writes:

>   Hi, I'm looking into a cell-phone/laptop situation and the obvious
>   thing to want to do is to have a modem for the laptop that deals with
>   a regular land-line and also plugs into a cellphone.
>
>   I've found such modems, but they are all PCMCIA modems. Are there any
>   non-PCMCIA modems that can work with a cell-phone?
>
>   The laptop has not been purchased yet, but needs to be soon. I didn't
>   think it would need a PCMCIA slot, so I was planning on not getting
>   one. But if that's the only way a cellphone/modem thing is going to
>   happen, then I need to buy it with the PCMCIA slot.
>
>   Any comments or advice appreciated!


I use the Zyxel 1496P. It's battery powered and has a DSP to
do signal conditioning to improve cellular throughput. They
might have a newer model. The 1496P really does operate
at 14400 baud with cellular. I've gotten 1200-1440 bytes/sec
throughput on a cellular line.

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This doesn't have all the info you would like, but I'm at work (???) and 
the modem info is at home.  Practical Peripherals (if they're still in 
business) has a 2400 EFMX modem that worked pretty well, for 2400 line 
speed-it would accept 9.6 dte speed.  The downside is that it was ac 
powered (transformer & 110VAC) but when I was playing with it, it 
handled inbound calls from cell phones to a cell phone and regular line.
The other company was Paradyne (AT&T).  I ordered 4 of the pcmcia and 4 
of the desktop.  The desktops arrived after I quit the company, but I 
was told the desktops worked fine.  I have one of the pcmcia in my pc 
and haven't had any real bad experiences; a couple of dropped calls that 
when the bill came, the call was credited as a dropped call.  My 
sessions usually aren't more than 3 minutes.  I don't recall the model 
number for the Paradyne, but AT&T change their model numbers with the 
weather, it seems...a call would give you the latest and greatest.