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In article <35e1e317.11221438@news.zetnet.co.uk> me@home.com  writes:

> The new numbers are for data and fax you DO retain your voice number,
> and the ring tone on the other 2 is different to warn you it is a fax
> or data call, yas I have received 2 bills since and I am still on the
> personal tariff and my data calls are 2p and 5p as stated.

Thanks for your persistance, Fred.  I've now had a breakthrough and 
found a One2one CS droid who checked again and found that the issue 
is only one of hardware compatibility and not one of tariff. They 
have agreed that if I upgrade to a data-capable handset they will 
enable data calls. So that's good news for Hugo and me.

If anyone has any equipment suggestions, I'd appreciate the advice. 

I'm not looking for a gsm1800 data terminal, just a telphone that 
"looks" just like an external modem and which could be used by my 
regular notebook and software.  BTW some of my software runs under 
DOS, so a set that looks like a plain vanilla serial modem is more 
likely to be compatible with my kit than a PCMCIA interface, as not 
all PCMCIA devices come with DOS drivers.

I see that Demon and Orange offer an end-to-end digital service 
whereas calling say Demon from One2one will add a further D/A and A/D 
into the link. I would have guessed that at only 9600bps those added 
conversions would not have been a material handicap or bottleneck.  
But maybe user experience says differently.

(Now X-posted to demon.tech.modems)

Regards,
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   Tony - G3SKR / W2TG                   email: tgold@panix.com