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I feel like cellular phone plans these days are a lot like cable TV plans, with the bundling they do. I almost never make voice calls and rarely text. Primarily I use data, and could/would fully switch out of the telephone network if I had a reasonable data-only plan. However, almost no one offers data-only plans, and when they are offered they are way more expensive per gigabyte than ordinary cell phone plans with unlimited voice/text options.
I have half a mind to figure out how to hook a (soft) modem to a smart phone and use the unlimited voice as a data channel lol
@abucci Actually... That's a brilliant idea! 😂 We should totally do that 🤣
@abucci Actually... That's a brilliant idea! 😂 We should totally do that 🤣
Well, I agree, here in MX I'm using a pre-paid "plan" for 7 USD/month with unlimited SMS (which I never use), unlimited calls (which I barely use to call my parents and to public services) and only 3 GB of data, with unlimited Meta network (which I'm using as few as possible)
And plans with "unlimited data" are relatively more expensive, like 15 USD/month
Haha, I guess using the voice channel would be painfully slow, but brilliant, ha!
That said, I almost never use my 3 GB fully, since I have WiFI nearby, but for a long travel, could be cool 😎
@eaplmx I'm kind of thinking of ways you could multiplex multiple audio streams together onto the same carrier. 🤔
@eaplmx I'm kind of thinking of ways you could multiplex multiple audio streams together onto the same carrier. 🤔
@prologic from my memory, I think the voice channel limits many audio frequencies to reduce bandwidth, and it should use lossy compression. I know the voice quality has improved with 4G and 5G (and audio technologies they use) but I don't currently know how friendly that is for data transmission and multiplexing. Interesting topic though
@prologic from my memory, I think the voice channel limits many audio frequencies to reduce bandwidth, and should be lossy compression. I know the voice quality has improved with 4G and 5G (and audio technologies they use) but I don't currently know how friendly that is for data transmission and multiplexing. Interesting topic though
@eaplmx Makes me wonder if they _actually_ prohibit this kind of use in their terms of service (TOS) -- As in prohibit long-running audio calls for extended periods of time 🤔
@eaplmx Makes me wonder if they _actually_ prohibit this kind of use in their terms of service (TOS) -- As in prohibit long-running audio calls for extended periods of time 🤔
@prologic well, my wife talks with my mother-in-law for hours so it shouldn't be a problem 😅
@eaplmx Bahahahahahaha 😂 🤣 🙃
@eaplmx Bahahahahahaha 😂 🤣 🙃
@prologic I'd have to guess the carrier would notice eventually and cut you off. Say, after a single phone call goes on for 720 hours.....
@prologic Hmm, now that you say this maybe they don't!
@eaplmx It's true, though landlines had similar audio constraints and could transmit 56 kbit/s up to perhaps 320 kbit/s if the data could be compressed (and higher if the server side also compresses). Very slow, but not 0!
@abucci Oh cool! And hmmm interesting 🤔
@abucci Oh cool! And hmmm interesting 🤔
interesting how a new kind of modem has to be designed for the GSM specs, and to know more about that serial port mentioned in the answers