[TriLUG] VoIP SIP MODEM?

[Reginald Reed]

I've never heard of such a piece of software.  I'd assume that the
market for it would be pretty small and continue to get smaller as
time passes.

--Reggie

On 25 Jun 2004 20:34:43 -0400, Jon Carnes <jonc at nc.rr.com> wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 2004-06-25 at 17:55, Greg Brown wrote:
> >   I have packet8 service here at the house.  The Packet8 service has a
> > small
> > hardware component - basically POTS in and ethernet out.  When I need to
> > dial out to, say, fax or dial into a distant server I just plug the 56k
> > modem
> > directly into the VoIP Packet8 adapter and it works great.
> >
> > Greg
> > 
> Yep. As Steve said, it uses the G7.11 codec to send the squeaks and
> squawks of the modem noises.  This works fairly well for Faxes as well.
> Of course you need the hardware of the modem to actually turn your data
> into those squeaks and squawks... which then get converted to UDP
> packets and sent over the internet as data. Steve would like there to be
> a software or device driver that makes those UDP packets directly
> without having to first create them with a hardware modem (and then have
> a "small hardware component" convert it back into data as UDP).
> 
> When you think about it, this is a very do-able thing. It just hasn't
> been done yet.
> 
> 
> 
> Jon Carnes
> 
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