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by Johnny555 2691 days ago
You might be able to, but you won't be happy with the results -- cell phones use low bandwidth compression codecs, around 12kbs if I remember correctly, but for use as a modem, you'd be lucky to get half that or less.

Browsing the modern internet at 6kbs sounds painful.
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gsich 2691 days ago
Depends, GSM codec is indeed low bandwidth, G722.2 is not.
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Johnny555 2691 days ago
Even G722.2 is low bandwidth compared to speeds you'd want: to surf the internet at:

When used in mobile phone networks, there are three different configurations (combinations of bitrates) that may be used for voice channels:

    Configuration A (Config-WB-Code 0): 6.6, 8.85, and 12.65 kbit/s (Mandatory multi-rate configuration)
    Configuration B (Config-WB-Code 2): 6.6, 8.85, 12.65, and 15.85 kbit/s
    Configuration C (Config-WB-Code 4): 6.6, 8.85, 12.65, and 23.85 kbit/s*
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gsich 2690 days ago
Oh, I'm sorry, I had a different bandwidth in mind, the audio bandwidth.
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