Modem bridging/relay software (for cell phone)?

[NerdMan]

Is there any software that serves as a bridge between two modems/phone lines? Either that or how hard would it be to make software to do so?

A year ago we moved to cell phones-only and got rid of our land-line phone. However, in a recent job change I need to ability to dial in using a machine for work to download data.

I have a Nokia 3585i and know that you can hook it up to the computer (through the serial port) to make data and fax calls. The driver that Nokia provides will make Windows XP treat it as a regular modem, with dialing abilities and everything.

However, what I need is a program so that I can hook the machine into a modem on my computer and have the computer mirror the data (bit-for-bit, byte-for-byte) between the cell phone and the machine (basically, between two modems), to serve as a bridge or relay.


I'd be very surprised if this software wasn't already available. If not, any suggestions on how hard it would be to make it? I have rudimentary Vis BASIC, JAVA, and C programming skills.

 

[NerdMan]

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I know that it depends on whether your network supports it for data transmissions.

 

[yoda291]

assuming your network,phone, modem driver, and fax software supports it (kinda assuming a lot here no?), you will likely have to pay your cellular provider some monthly service charge so that you can receive the fax data AND the fax recognition signal, which, as you can imagine isn't usually forwarded on a cellular network.

Just out of curiousity here tho, is there a reason you cannot use either a cheap land line or a fax via internet service?