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    MvdV> I think I am getting it now. I have always wondered why a device such as   
    MvdV> a dongle for a laptop that can not be used to make telephone calls,   
      
      It could be used to send and receive SMS (free of charge) though.   
      
    MvdV> needs a telephone number. Well... it looks like these mobile devices   
    MvdV> still use an equivalent of making a POTS modem call to the "ISP home   
    MvdV> gateway" to get on the internet...   
      
      Not exactly. They call an URL and presents the phone number and a PIN code   
   to log-in. Apart from that, basically a dial-up connection, yes.   
      
      The first years using my dongle, I only got a 10.x.x.x IP number, but later   
   on I got a real, public one. I used it for a few weeks when my ADSL didn't   
   work.   
      
      Since I got a new IP every time I reconnected -- and often even when I   
   *was* connected -- I never could use it for any kind of server functions (such   
   as binkd), only for outgoing traffic.   
      
      
      
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