On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 11:53 PM, solarwind wrote: > You could also (theoretically) create a data-over-sms layer and encode > the text in base 64 to get a (very) slow... um... Internet > connection... I don't know if it's even worth mentioning since sms > tends to take at least a few seconds to send/receive. Read the fine print carefully, and you'll find that your 'unlimited SMS' is limited such that sending many messages a second (which is what you'd need to do to get a single tiny HTML webpage, even compressed) will be noticed. Usually they phrase it as, "excessive use" and point to their terms of service that indicate they may limit usage if it impacts overall service. SMS uses the control channel of the modem, so heavy usage is noticed and tracked. Other than that, if you must have additional services for your phone and can't pay for the cellular carrier's solution, then your solutions are not uncommon. Do a few google searches and you'll see that many people have done SMS gateways of one sort or another to do work or get around cellular carrier limitations and costs. -Adam -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist