Hmm. I should mention that I dual boot with Windows sometimes, and in fact it's currently completely broken in there - Fn+F5 doesn't even show it (it shows the other two functions) and my Vodafone program can't turn it on. I tried leaving it on in Linux and then booting into Windows, to no avail.
After our post about TetherBerry, a good friend and BlackBerryCool reader Horia sent us a letter saying the process could easily be done for free via Bluetooth.
Vgetty turns your voice modem into an answering machine. It adds voice capabilities to mgetty. This means, that you can handle data, fax and voice calls on one telephone line.
HylaFAX™ is an enterprise-class open-source system for sending and receiving facsimiles. This is the place where users can find HylaFAX+ support, work, and releases. The "+" means that it is better.
IAXmodem is a software modem written in C that uses an IAX channel (commonly provided by an Asterisk PBX system) instead of a traditional phone line and uses a DSP library instead of DSP hardware chipsets.
Note: While I describe this method using a Treo 650 as an example, this method will work with any bluetooth-enabled GPRS or UMTS telephone: Just enable Bluetooth on your phone (with Bluetooth visibility "on"), and follow this guide ignoring all the Treo-s
This document describes how to attach modems to a Linux box and allow it to receive calls to connect users to the network. Its like being your own ISP (Internet Service Provider). If your Linux box is connected to the Internet, then the users will also be