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   Hi Michiel!   
      
   11 Jun 2019 09:08, from Michiel van der Vlist -> Richard Menedetter:   
      
    MV> I think I am getting it now. I have always wondered why a device such   
    MV> as a dongle for a laptop that can not be used to make telephone calls,   
    MV> needs a telephone number.   
      
   It is just used as an identifier.   
      
    MV> Well... it looks like these mobile devices still use an equivalent of   
    MV> making a POTS modem call to the "ISP home gateway" to get on the   
    MV> internet...   
      
   Not really ... the data bearer can be PPP, IPv4, IPv6.   
   It is just tunneled to your local network.   
   It can be packet based IPvx.   
      
   CU, Ricsi   
      
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