Are There Any Dial-up ISP's?

LGlobalWorming on 03/09/2022 - 18:29
Last edited 03/09/2022 - 20:13 by 2 other users

I built a retro 486 PC and got external phone modem. All is set to test but I cannot find any phone number to dial :(

Internet Dial Up

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  • altomic on 03/09/2022 - 18:36
    +16

    it's unfortunate that you don't have the internet so you can google your question

    • GlobalWorming on 03/09/2022 - 18:58
      +1

      lol, I do actually, I put 3Com 3C905 ethernet card in it. Win95 comes with IE3, Google looks funny but opens :) But I wanna hear the sounds modem make!

      • GlobalWorming on 03/09/2022 - 19:52

        donwotes because of ethernet card? but its fun too, I had to additionally install optional TCP/IP protocol :))

        • Hybroid on 03/09/2022 - 20:00
          +4

          I think it's more downvotes because… whoosh. Added a plus to help out.

          • GlobalWorming on 03/09/2022 - 20:03
            +1

            @Hybroid: i got the joke, hear (profanity)? I got the Joke first time :))

        • Ozpit on 04/09/2022 - 10:33

          but its fun too

          So was riding a bicycle with square wheels, but then the (round) wheel was invented.

      • ozwog05 on 03/09/2022 - 21:33

        But I wanna hear the sounds modem make!

        Here you go.

      • avoidfullprice on 03/09/2022 - 23:07
        +9

        But I wanna hear the sounds modem make!

        Connect two modems together over a cat3 cable, with 9V and a 330Ohmn resistor across the line to trick the modem the lines are clear. Fire up hyper terminal and punch in some handshake AT commands. You’re good to go

  • JIMB0 on 03/09/2022 - 18:41

    There used to be a program that would dial all the numbers in sequence and log if it found a modem on the other end.

    • GlobalWorming on 03/09/2022 - 19:07
      +1

      that'll do it, I'm starting at 02 0000 0000 …

      • SlartiBartFozz on 04/09/2022 - 15:19

        If you find some fax numbers, your modem and the facsimile can have fun trying to communicate.

        • GlobalWorming on 04/09/2022 - 16:39

          Thanks, that is good one. I was hoping for actual internet provider, but seems no luck.

    • JonSteele on 04/09/2022 - 19:53

      War dialer.

  • AndyC1 on 03/09/2022 - 19:09

    You can dial your mobile and check that it can make calls.

  • Tricon on 03/09/2022 - 19:25

    Here are a few. Enjoy.

    https://www.allconnect.com/internet/dial-up-internet

      • GlobalWorming on 03/09/2022 - 19:31

        $8.90/month - Australia Wide - 0198333966

        Could you, please, try calling it? My mobile says Call Failed (+61 1 9833 3966)

        • Tricon on 03/09/2022 - 19:42
          +1

          While I am not sure if 4G is different (unlikely), you could not dial a POTS based ISP using a 2G phone back in the day (say '96). With the decline of Strowger switched systems I'm not sure if dialup will work.

          You may need to invest in your own PPP server and emulated exchange to have some fun.

          They really need to bring back Telstra EasyMail.

          • GlobalWorming on 03/09/2022 - 19:49

            @Tricon: I tried dialling from modem too, using CrazyTel line with 02 xxxx xxxx number. I get busy tone immediately.

            • Tricon on 03/09/2022 - 19:59

              @GlobalWorming: I think you are out of luck. The 019 numbers were special and I remember many ISPs used them. It is likely that without a bakelite phone that number will never work.

              I found this. I feel your pain

              https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/218330

              • GlobalWorming on 03/09/2022 - 20:08

                @Tricon: damn. Wait. I also got a second modem, US Robotics Courier from US, but cannot find power suppluy for it, it needs weird 20VAC one. Nothing on eBay.

    • GlobalWorming on 03/09/2022 - 19:27

      thanks, but I was looking for Australian number

  • Muzeeb on 03/09/2022 - 19:38
    +2

    I built a retro 486 PC

    DX2 - 66?

    Do you have a functional turbo button?

    • GlobalWorming on 03/09/2022 - 19:44
      +1

      Am5x86-P75, Socket 3. No Turbo button on the case, sadly, and no green freq display, otherwise case is proper AT case.

    • avoidfullprice on 03/09/2022 - 23:09
      +1

      The irony the turno button is to slow fown the cpu clock for legacy program

  • pjetson on 03/09/2022 - 20:14

    Do you have a plain old telephone service (POTS) on the public switched telephone network (PSTN)? Or do you have a VOIP phone line?

    • GlobalWorming on 03/09/2022 - 20:16

      I have CrazyTel line with an 02 xxxx xxxx DID number, on Cisco ATA SPA122 device. Not real POTS line, I'm afraid.

      • Morien on 03/09/2022 - 23:07

        This could be why the above numbers wouldn't work.

        • GlobalWorming on 03/09/2022 - 23:26

          How do i get the real line?

          • pjetson on 04/09/2022 - 12:08
            +1

            @GlobalWorming:

            How do i get the real line?

            You can't. Once the NBN comes through, POTS lines are no longer available.

            I don't know how you're going to be able to find a modem-based service to dial into. One reason is that dial-up modems don't work very well on VOIP lines, and pretty well everyone has VOIP lines now. But, if you can find a service, and you can change the codec on your VOIP adapter to G.711, you might be able to make it work.

            • Morien on 04/09/2022 - 13:07

              @pjetson: What pjetson said.

              You're looking for a trip down memory lane OP, but these things are expensive. Those PSTN services were financially viable when everyone had them. Not so much so when it's only you. The future often demands we say goodbye to the past, and that is truer than ever when it comes to technology.

              If you want to hear the sound so much, listen to it at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsNaR6FRuO0

  • Tricon on 03/09/2022 - 20:37
    +1

    Here is next weekend's project

    https://dogemicrosystems.ca/wiki/Dial_up_server

    Please let us know how you go.

    • GlobalWorming on 03/09/2022 - 20:56

      Will do, but I will charge everyone through the nose, be warned.

  • SF3 on 03/09/2022 - 22:24

    You need a floppy drive (3.5 inch, the software is on a double sided double density 1.44mb disk). Insert the disk into the drive, open command prompt, type A:, type install, to install the modem software.

  • jizmo on 03/09/2022 - 22:56

    Julian Hawkins/Assange went down this path. It won't end well.
    User name checks out

  • Boioioioi on 04/09/2022 - 09:43

    How is the PC OP, can you show us pics? Nice stuff

  • DemocracyManifest on 04/09/2022 - 09:51

    I think Telstra used to offer a free dial up service for customers out and about at one stage…

    TPG have an active dial up number https://www.tpg.com.au/about/access_numbers.php

    • GlobalWorming on 04/09/2022 - 11:35
      +1

      yea, those starting 01 are not callable from voip line I have.

  • skillet on 04/09/2022 - 10:09

    Set up your own ATA gateway, setup your own ISP, connect to your own network.

  • newbo on 04/09/2022 - 11:21

    I'm not 100% sure, but you might run into problems caused by encoding if you're dialing over a VoIP connection. Although maybe that is just an issue for DSL and after.

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