[mlwarren]

He mentions that his home server and internet gateway is a Sheevaplug with a wireless dongle and dialup modem. Presumably he doesn't have a landline where he lives. Can anyone comment on getting dialup access via a cell phone connection? Is that one way his setup could work?

[joeyh]

There is a landline. Cell service is still unavailable.

I could probably get fiber to the house here now, but running the gear would use more than my total current power budget. Also, I kind of like a more measured pace in the webpages I read.

[mlwarren]

Thank you for the reply! I was under the impression that your home was occasionally mobile as well so that's why the fixed land line solution wasn't immediately obvious.

[maxerickson]

A relative owns some property in northern lower Michigan that had a phone since there were party lines but only got decent cell coverage sometime after 2000. So I'm not sure a landline is less likely than cellular in rural areas.

I think DSL still isn't an option, so LTE is probably the best choice there at this point (it isn't super isolated, there just aren't enough people on the road to bother putting in a close enough box).

[timmaah]

I did that via a Nokia back in 1998. There might be a flipphone or two that could still be used in that method. I don't recall having to use any special software.